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KILOMETRE

/kɪˈlɒmɪtə/9 letters

Definition of KILOMETRE

noun

An SI unit of length equal to 10 metres. Symbol: km

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- + metre.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

KILOMETRE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
35
First board
95
Latest board
60
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.

Built from these letters

KILOMETRE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KILOMETRE starts with K and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIKLMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start KILOME

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found KILOMETRE?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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