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KHALIFS
Definition of KHALIFS
noun
plural of khalif
CALIPH · via khalif
noun
The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, KHALIF · 1 relative 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.
KHALIFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KHALIFS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFHIKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KHALIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found KHALIFS?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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