The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHOGI
Definition of SHOGI
noun
Japanese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Japan.
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Where it comes from
From Japanese 将棋 (shōgi). Doublet of janggi.
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.
SHOGI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SHOGI starts with S and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read GHIOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SHOGI?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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