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KILDERKIN
Definition of KILDERKIN
noun
A small barrel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English kilderkyn, dissimilatory variant of kynderkyn, from Middle Dutch kinderkin, a variant of kinerkijn, itself a diminutive of kintal. See quintal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (107)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KILDERKIN · 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.
KILDERKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KILDERKIN starts with K and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEIIKKLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K and I appear more than once.
Could you have found KILDERKIN?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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