The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
YAKUZA
Definition of YAKUZA
noun
A Japanese organized crime gang.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese やくざ (yakuza). See there for more details.
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.
YAKUZA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 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
YAKUZA starts with Y and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAKUYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found YAKUZA?
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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