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KIMCHI
Definition of KIMCHI
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.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Korean 김치 (gimchi), ultimately composed within Korea of Chinese-derived morphemes 沉 (MC drim, “submerged, soaked”) and 菜 (MC tshojH, “vegetable”), i.e. "fermented vegetable". Doublet of kimuchi.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (149)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KIMCHI · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KIMCHI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
KIMCHI starts with K and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read CHIIKM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found KIMCHI?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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