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HAIKUS
Definition of HAIKUS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
HAIKUS inherits its ancestry from its root, HAIKU.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (143)
branch · 0.3% 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.
HAIKUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAIKUS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHIKSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found HAIKUS?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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