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KUZU

/ˈkuːzu/4 letters

Definition of KUZU

noun

Alternative form of kudzu.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Japanese 葛(くず) (kuzu).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

KUZU in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its one board, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
68
First board
54
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.

First ever to find it

lilliputian

on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KUZU
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KUZU starts with K and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read KUUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start KUZU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

KUZUS

Could you have found KUZU?

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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.

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