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JUKU
Definition of JUKU
noun
A private Japanese school offering lessons outside of regular school time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 塾 (juku, “cram school”).
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.
JUKU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JUKU starts with J and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read JKUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JUKU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JUKU?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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