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KILIM
Definition of KILIM
noun
A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Turkish kilim, from Persian گلیم (gelim), akin to Aramaic גלימא (galīmā, “blanket, garment, cloth”), both from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “cover, top, covering”) derived from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (476)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KILIM · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Aramaic, Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KILIM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KILIM starts with K and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read IIKLM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found KILIM?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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