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KENOSIS

/kɪˈnəʊsɪs/7 letters

Definition of KENOSIS

noun

Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity.

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Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek κένωσις (kénōsis, “emptying”) (see keno- and κενό (kenó)), from κενόειν (kenóein, “to empty”) (with reference to Philippians 2.vii, "But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are" – New Jerusalem Version).

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,672)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllableskeno-

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

KENOSIS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 147
Its one board, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

andgracetoo

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KENOSIS
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KENOSIS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKNOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start KENOSI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

KENOSISES

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