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KARAOKE
Definition of KARAOKE
noun
A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空(から) (kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), a clipping of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Japanese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (325)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KARAOKE · 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.
KARAOKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KARAOKE starts with K and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEKKOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K and A appear more than once.
Could you have found KARAOKE?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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