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HAPKIDOS
Definition of HAPKIDOS
Wiktionary has no entry for HAPKIDOS itself. This is its base word, HAPKIDO.
noun
An eclectic Korean martial art founded by Choi Young-sul, a student of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HAPKIDO.
From Korean 합기도(合氣道) (hapgido). Doublet of aikido.
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.
HAPKIDOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAPKIDOS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHIKOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HAPKIDOS?
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 115 - and most players walked straight past it.
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