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AKIN
Definition of AKIN
adjective
Of persons, of the same kin; related by blood.
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Where it comes from
From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- + kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).
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.
AKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AKIN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found AKIN?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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