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KERSEY
Definition of KERSEY
noun
A type of rough woollen cloth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English kersey, perhaps from the village of Kersey in Suffolk, England, UK, in the region where the cloth was made.
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.
KERSEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KERSEY starts with K and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEKRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start KERSEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KERSEY?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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