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KEIRIN
Definition of KEIRIN
noun
A form of track cycling originating in Japan, where riders must initially race behind a motorised pace-setter, the derny.
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Where it comes from
From Japanese 競輪 (keirin, “racing cycles”).
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.
KEIRIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KEIRIN starts with K and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EIIKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start KEIRIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KEIRIN?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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