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SHURIKENS
Definition of SHURIKENS
noun
plural of shuriken
noun
A dart or throwing blade, sometimes with multiple points, used as a weapon by ninja (or samurai).
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Word DNA
SHURIKENS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHURIKEN.
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.
SHURIKENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHURIKENS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIKNRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SHURIKENS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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