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GYOZA
Definition of GYOZA
noun
A Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese jiaozi.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 餃子 (gyōza), itself borrowed from Mandarin 餃子／饺子 (jiǎozi), possibly from a variety without significant palatalization, such as Peninsular Mandarin (Weihai: /ciau²¹³ tsz̩⁰/), or from Mandarin before palatalization (ie. *giǎozi). Doublet of jiaozi.
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.
GYOZA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GYOZA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AGOYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found GYOZA?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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