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YAKHDAN
Definition of YAKHDAN
noun
A leather basket or trunk formerly used in the Middle East.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “May be from Persian يخدان”)
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.
YAKHDAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YAKHDAN starts with Y and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADHKNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found YAKHDAN?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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