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SHOYU
Definition of SHOYU
noun
A dark form of soy sauce.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of soy.
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.
SHOYU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHOYU starts with S and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read HOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHOYU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SHOYU?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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