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KIMCHEES

8 letters

Definition of KIMCHEES

noun

plural of kimchee

KIMCHI · via kimchee

noun

A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.

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Word DNA

KIMCHEES inherits its ancestry from its root, KIMCHI.

Line of descent

  1. Chinese
  2. Korean
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Chinese

Deepest traced root

33rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.2%

of traced words share this origin (155)

Sinitic

branch · 0.3% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, KIMCHI · 3 relatives in the game

Every Chinese word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

KIMCHEES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its 2 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
153
First board
158
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

jplatt88

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KIMCHEES
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

KIMCHEES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHIKMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start KIMCHE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found KIMCHEES?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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