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MATSURI
Definition of MATSURI
noun
A Japanese festival.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 祭 (matsuri).
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 (180)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MATSURI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATSURI starts with M and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AIMRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MATSUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MATSURI?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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