The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

KALIS

/ˈkæ.lɪs/5 letters

Definition of KALIS

noun

A Filipino sword akin to the kris.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Tagalog kalis, from Malay keris, from Old Javanese kĕris, kris Doublet of kris.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

KALIS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
94
First board
26
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.

Built from these letters

KALIS
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KALIS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

KAILSLAIKSSKAIL

Could you have found KALIS?

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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.

Play today's OUTLIER

Share KALIS

The OUTLIER card for KALISDownload image