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KOJI
Definition of KOJI
noun
A substance that is produced by letting a mold, especially Aspergillus oryzae, grow on rice, barley, soybeans, etc., used to make fermented products such as sake, amazake, miso, and soy sauce.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 麹 (kōji).
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.
KOJI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOJI starts with K and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read IJKO - 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 KOJI?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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