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KHEDIVES
Definition of KHEDIVES
noun
plural of khedive
noun
The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
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Word DNA
KHEDIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, KHEDIVE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (477)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KHEDIVE · 3 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.
KHEDIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 88, 16 August 2026.
Built from these letters
KHEDIVES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEHIKSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start KHEDIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KHEDIVES?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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