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TANKA
Definition of TANKA
noun
A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 短歌 (tanka, “short song”), from Middle Chinese 短 (MC twanX) 歌 (MC ka) (compare Mandarin 短歌 (duǎngē) duǎngē).
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.
TANKA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TANKA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAKNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start TANKA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found TANKA?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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