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KARAKULS

8 letters

Definition of KARAKULS

noun

plural of karakul

KARAKUL

noun

A sheep of a Central Asian breed.

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Word DNA

KARAKULS inherits its ancestry from its root, KARAKUL.

How it is built

noun

Same root, KARAKUL · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

KARAKULS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 160
Its one board, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
21
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.

Built from these letters

KARAKULS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KARAKULS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAKKLRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K and A appear more than once.

Words that start KARAKU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

KARAKULKARAKURTS

Could you have found KARAKULS?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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