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KEIRINS
Definition of KEIRINS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
KEIRINS inherits its ancestry from its root, KEIRIN.
Line of descent
- Japanese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (177)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KEIRIN · 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.
KEIRINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KEIRINS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIIKNRS - 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.
Could you have found KEIRINS?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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