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WUXIA
Definition of WUXIA
noun
A genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists, typically set in Ancient China.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 武俠 / 武侠 (wǔxiá, “martial hero”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Mandarin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
41st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (40)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WUXIA · 1 relative in the game
WUXIA in a sentence
“As for Sun Tzu himself, his life and military career is primarily depicted by a number of extras engaged in wuxia-style twirling warfare.”
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat, 2009
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WUXIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 265 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WUXIA starts with W and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AIUWX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found WUXIA?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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