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CHANOYUS
Definition of CHANOYUS
Wiktionary has no entry for CHANOYUS itself. This is its base word, CHANOYU.
noun
A traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CHANOYU.
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
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (319)
branch · 0.4% 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.
CHANOYUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CHANOYUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHNOSUY - 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 38
Could you have found CHANOYUS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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