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ERHU
Definition of ERHU
noun
A type of bowed spike fiddle having two strings, originating in China as part of the huqin family of string instruments.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 二胡 (èrhú), from 二 (èr, “two”) + 胡 (hú, “fiddle; short for 胡琴, a family of Chinese vertical fiddles”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Mandarin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
41st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (82)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ERHU · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Chinese.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ERHU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERHU starts with E and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read EHRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found ERHU?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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