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KILTER

/ˈkɪltə/6 letters

Definition of KILTER

noun

Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

A variant of dialectal kelter (“good condition, order”), of unknown origin; possibly related to kilt (“to gather up (skirts) around the body”) (cognate with Danish kilte (“to tuck”)), or Scots kilt (“proper way of doing something, knack”) (probably from kilt (“a slope; a tilt”), possibly a variant of English tilt). In the 19th century, kelter was the more common form in the United Kingdom, while kilter was more common in the United States. Due to the influence of the latter, kilter is now the more prevalent form in all English varieties.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

KILTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 14 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
46
First board
102
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

clarice

on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KILTER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KILTER starts with K and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIKLRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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 KILTER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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