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KARST
Definition of KARST
noun
A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Karst. The German term and the Slovene placename Kras (the Karst Plateau) are from Proto-Slavic *korsъ, from Italo-Dalmatian carsus (cf. Italian carso), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“hard; rock”). More at Karst. The metathesis in the Slovene term precludes German borrowing from Slovene.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, KARST · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KARST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 149 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KARST starts with K and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AKRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start KARST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found KARST?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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