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JUDOGI
Definition of JUDOGI
noun
The uniform used for judo practice and competition, based on traditional Japanese clothing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう)着(ぎ) (jūdōgi). By surface analysis, judo + gi.
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.
JUDOGI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JUDOGI starts with J and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read DGIJOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found JUDOGI?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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