The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HAIKAI
Definition of HAIKAI
noun
A form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)諧(かい) (haikai).
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.
HAIKAI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 65 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAIKAI starts with H and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AAHIIK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found HAIKAI?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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