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WUNG

/wʌŋ/4 letters

Definition of WUNG

verb

past participle of wing

WING

noun

An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.

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Where it comes from

Formed by analogy with the past forms of class 3 strong verbs, such as swung and stung; compare hung.

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Word DNA

How it is built

verb1 syllable

Same root, WING · 18 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WUNG in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its 2 boards, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
154
First board
159
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

phighter

on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WUNG
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WUNG starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GNUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found WUNG?

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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.

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