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KARATE
Definition of KARATE
noun
An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate), an orthographic borrowing from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī, “Chinese hand”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Japanese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (184)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Chinese.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KARATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
KARATE starts with K and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEKRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start KARATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found KARATE?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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