The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
KATA
Definition of KATA
noun
Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 型 (literally “pattern, model”). In English use since the 1950s.
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.
KATA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KATA starts with K and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAKT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start KATA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KATA?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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