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WAGYU

/ˈwæɡ.juː/5 letters

Definition of WAGYU

noun

Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.

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Where it comes from

From Japanese 和(わ)牛(ぎゅう) (wagyū), from Middle Chinese 和 (MC hwa, “a gloss for 倭 (MC 'wa, “Japan”)”) + 牛 (MC ngjuw, “cow”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WAGYU in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 195 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 40 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
40
Boards found on
6
First board
102
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.

Built from these letters

WAGYU
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WAGYU starts with W and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AGUWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start WAGYU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found WAGYU?

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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.

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