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KIDDLE
Definition of KIDDLE
noun
A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English kidel, kedel, kydel, from Anglo-Norman quidel, quideau (“a wicker framework used to trap fish”), from Old Breton kidel (“a net at the mouth of a stream”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (102)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KIDDLE · 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.
KIDDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KIDDLE starts with K and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDEIKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found KIDDLE?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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