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KAURI
Definition of KAURI
noun
A conifer of the genus Agathis, found in Australasia and Melanesia, especially Agathis australis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori kauri from Proto-Polynesian *kauquli, from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diospyros samoensis").
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KAURI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 77, 5 August 2026.
Built from these letters
KAURI starts with K and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AIKRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found KAURI?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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