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KUMITE
Definition of KUMITE
noun
The aspect of karate in which a person trains against an adversary, using the techniques learned from the kihon and kata.
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Where it comes from
From Japanese 組手.
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.
KUMITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KUMITE starts with K and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found KUMITE?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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