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KERFING
Definition of KERFING
verb
present participle and gerund of kerf
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See kerf (verb).
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.
KERFING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KERFING starts with K and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFGIKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found KERFING?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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