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KAINITES
Definition of KAINITES
noun
plural of kainite
noun
An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO4·KCl·3H2O, found in German salt mines.
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Word DNA
KAINITES inherits its ancestry from its root, KAINITE.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,598)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KAINITE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KAINITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
KAINITES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIIKNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start KAINIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found KAINITES?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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