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DOHYO
Definition of DOHYO
noun
The ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 土(ど)俵(ひょう) (dohyō).
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 (316)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOHYO · 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.
DOHYO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 59 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOHYO starts with D and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read DHOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DOHYO?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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