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KELVINS
Definition of KELVINS
noun
plural of kelvin
noun
In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; ⁄273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.
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Word DNA
KELVINS inherits its ancestry from its root, KELVIN.
Line of descent
- Irish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (330)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KELVIN · 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.
KELVINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KELVINS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKLNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found KELVINS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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