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KANTELES
Definition of KANTELES
noun
plural of kantele
noun
A plucked string instrument (a zither) of the Baltic psaltery family, traditionally with five strings but now more widely varying, originating in the folk music of Finland, where it is seen as a national symbol.
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Word DNA
KANTELES inherits its ancestry from its root, KANTELE.
Line of descent
- Finnish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
54th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (11)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KANTELE · 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.
KANTELES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 133, 30 September 2026.
Built from these letters
KANTELES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEKLNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start KANTEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KANTELES?
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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.
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