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JAPONAISERIE
Definition of JAPONAISERIE
noun
Art objects made in the Japanese style.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French japonaiserie.
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.
JAPONAISERIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JAPONAISERIE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEIIJNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, I and E appear more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JAPONAIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JAPONAISERIE?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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