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KENDO
Definition of KENDO
noun
A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 剣道 (kendō, “the way of the sword”), from Middle Chinese 劍 (kjæ̀m, “sword”) + 道 (dáu, “way”). Doublet of kumdo.
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.
KENDO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KENDO starts with K and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read DEKNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found KENDO?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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