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SHAKUDO
Definition of SHAKUDO
noun
A billon of gold and copper that can be treated to form a dark indigo patina resembling lacquer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 赤銅.
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.
SHAKUDO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHAKUDO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ADHKOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHAKUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SHAKUDO?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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