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SHURIKEN
Definition of SHURIKEN
noun
A dart or throwing blade, sometimes with multiple points, used as a weapon by ninja (or samurai).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 手裏剣 (しゅりけん shuriken), from Middle Chinese 手 (ʃúw "hand") + 裏 (lí "inside") + 劍 (kjæ̀m "sword").
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
31st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (64)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHURIKEN · 1 relative 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.
SHURIKEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHURIKEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EHIKNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found SHURIKEN?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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