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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).
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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).
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 19 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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.
Words that start SHURIK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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