Pongid
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Any member of the family Pongidae, comprising the large anthropoid apes including chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
“The fossil was identified as belonging to an extinct pongid species from the Miocene epoch.”
Pronunciation
Syllables
pon·gid
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Synonyms
great apeanthropoidape
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Wordle
Ends in D with no repeated letters, the PON- opener and unusual -GID ending make it hard to guess cold
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Scrabble
Worth 10 points, uncommon but valid, the -ID ending accepts an S hook to form PONGIDS
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