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DAIMYO
Definition of DAIMYO
noun
A lord during the Japanese feudal period.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 大(だい)名(みょう) (daimyō), from Middle Chinese 大名 (daj mjieng, “excellent one”), from 大 (“great”) + 名 (mjieng, “name”).
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.
DAIMYO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAIMYO starts with D and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ADIMOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found DAIMYO?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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