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MINSHUKU
Definition of MINSHUKU
noun
A type of hotel found in Japan, a cheaper version of a ryokan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 民宿.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MINSHUKU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MINSHUKU starts with M and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read HIKMNSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start MINSHU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MINSHUKU?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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