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SHINJU
Definition of SHINJU
noun
The binding of the female breasts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 真珠, literally "pearl".
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.
SHINJU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 64, 23 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHINJU starts with S and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read HIJNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SHINJU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found SHINJU?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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