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KORU
Definition of KORU
noun
A spiral shape that symbolizes growth, strength and peace, used in Māori art.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori koru.
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.
KORU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KORU starts with K and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read KORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KORU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KORU?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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