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TREPANG
Definition of TREPANG
noun
Synonym of sea cucumber.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Malay teripang.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Malay
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (96)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TREPANG · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TREPANG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TREPANG starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TREPAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found TREPANG?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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