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KAHUNA
Definition of KAHUNA
noun
A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hawaiian kahuna (“shaman, wizard”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hawaiian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
46th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (49)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KAHUNA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KAHUNA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
KAHUNA starts with K and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAHKNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found KAHUNA?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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