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PACHINKO
Definition of PACHINKO
noun
A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン.
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, PACHINKO · 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.
PACHINKO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PACHINKO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ACHIKNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found PACHINKO?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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