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ROSHI
Definition of ROSHI
noun
An elderly and revered Buddhist monk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 老師 (rōshi).
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.
ROSHI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROSHI starts with R and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read HIORS - 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 ROSHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found ROSHI?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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