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MAKUNOUCHI
Definition of MAKUNOUCHI
noun
A Japanese lunch box, usually containing small portions of a variety of foods.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 幕の内弁当.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Japanese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (292)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAKUNOUCHI · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAKUNOUCHI in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 153 days.
Built from these letters
MAKUNOUCHI starts with M and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ACHIKMNOUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found MAKUNOUCHI?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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