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CHANOYU
Definition of CHANOYU
noun
A traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented.
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Where it comes from
From Japanese 茶の湯 (ちゃのゆ, cha no yu).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Japanese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (180)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHANOYU · 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.
CHANOYU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CHANOYU starts with C and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read ACHNOUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHANOY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found CHANOYU?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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