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MIKADO
Definition of MIKADO
noun
A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).
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
Same root, MIKADO · 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.
MIKADO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIKADO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ADIKMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found MIKADO?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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