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HIRAGANA
Definition of HIRAGANA
noun
The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana).
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.
HIRAGANA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIRAGANA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAAGHINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found HIRAGANA?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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