The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
YUKO
Definition of YUKO
noun
The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.
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Where it comes from
From Japanese 有効.
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.
YUKO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
YUKO starts with Y and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read KOUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start YUKO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found YUKO?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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