The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CHAYA
Definition of CHAYA
noun
A teahouse in Japan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 茶屋 (chaya).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAYA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAYA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACHY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found CHAYA?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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