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URUSHI
Definition of URUSHI
noun
Lacquer from the tree Toxicodendron vernicifluum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 漆 (urushi, “lacquer tree”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Japanese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (327)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
URUSHI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
URUSHI starts with U and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read HIRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found URUSHI?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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