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UDON
Definition of UDON
noun
A Japanese wheat noodle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 饂飩 (udon), which is probably from Middle Chinese 餛飩 (hwon dwon, “wonton”).
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.
UDON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UDON starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found UDON?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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