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KANJI
Definition of KANJI
noun
The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 漢字(かんじ) (kanji, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (MC xanH, “Han dynasty, China”) + Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH, “[written] character”) (Compare Korean 한자 (hanja), Mandarin 漢字 / 汉字 (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự, Hokkien 漢字 / 汉字 (hàn-jī / hàn-lī), Cantonese 漢字 / 汉字 (hon zi)). Doublet of hanja and Hanzi.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KANJI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KANJI starts with K and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AIJKN - 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.
Could you have found KANJI?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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