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KILD
Definition of KILD
verb
Obsolete form of killed.
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Word DNA
KILD inherits its ancestry from its root, KILL.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KILL · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KILD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KILD starts with K and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DIKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KILD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KILD?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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