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KHALIFAS
Definition of KHALIFAS
noun
plural of khalifa
CALIPH · via khalifa
noun
The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
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Word DNA
KHALIFAS inherits its ancestry from its root, CALIPH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,061)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CALIPH · 13 relatives 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.
KHALIFAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 102, 30 August 2026.
Built from these letters
KHALIFAS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAFHIKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start KHALIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KHALIFAS?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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