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HAIKU
Definition of HAIKU
noun
A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (beaj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kɨo, “line”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
31st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (64)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HAIKU · 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.
HAIKU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 240 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HAIKU starts with H and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AHIKU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found HAIKU?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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