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KILL
Definition of KILL
verb
To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English killen, kyllen, cüllen (“to strike, beat, cut”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Scots kele, keil (“to kill”). Compare also Saterland Frisian källe (“to hurt”), Middle Dutch kellen (“to kill, hurt”), Middle Low German kellen, killen (“to ache strongly, cause one great pain”) (whence German Low German kellen, killen (“to hurt, injure, torment, vex”)), Middle High German kellen (“to torment; torture”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,790)
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.
KILL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
KILL starts with K and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read IKLL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start KILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KILL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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