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WHANGEES
Definition of WHANGEES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
WHANGEES inherits its ancestry from its root, WHANGEE.
Line of descent
- Mandarin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
41st
of 58 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.
WHANGEES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
WHANGEES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found WHANGEES?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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