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VANG
Definition of VANG
verb
To take; undertake for.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VANG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VANG starts with V and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGNV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found VANG?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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