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KAFTAN
Definition of KAFTAN
noun
A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Via Russian кафта́н (kaftán), from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Classical Persian خَفْتَان (xaftān), which occurs already in the Shahnameh.
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.
KAFTAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KAFTAN starts with K and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAFKNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found KAFTAN?
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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