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MAKUNOUCHIS
Definition of MAKUNOUCHIS
Wiktionary has no entry for MAKUNOUCHIS itself. This is its base word, MAKUNOUCHI.
noun
A Japanese lunch box, usually containing small portions of a variety of foods.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MAKUNOUCHI.
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
17th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (174)
branch · 0.6% 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.
MAKUNOUCHIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAKUNOUCHIS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHIKMNOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found MAKUNOUCHIS?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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