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SHIATSUS
Definition of SHIATSUS
Wiktionary has no entry for SHIATSUS itself. This is its base word, SHIATSU.
noun
A form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SHIATSU.
Borrowed from Japanese 指(し)圧(あつ) (shiatsu), from Middle Chinese 指 (MC tsyijX, “finger”) + 壓 (MC 'aep, “downward force”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (167)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHIATSU · 2 relatives 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.
SHIATSUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIATSUS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHISSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SHIATSUS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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