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WHANGEE
Definition of WHANGEE
noun
Any of over forty Asian grasses of the genus Phyllostachys, a genus of bamboos, hardy evergreen plants from Japan, China and the Himalayas with woody stems sometimes used to make canes and umbrella handles.
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Where it comes from
From Mandarin 黃藜 / 黄藜 (huánglí).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Mandarin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
41st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (41)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHANGEE · 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.
WHANGEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Built from these letters
WHANGEE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found WHANGEE?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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