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KENOS
Definition of KENOS
Wiktionary has no entry for KENOS itself. This is its base word, KENO.
noun
A gambling game, a variety of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for KENO.
From French quine, with reference to a set of five winning lottery numbers.
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.
KENOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KENOS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start KENOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KENOS?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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