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KINCHINS
Definition of KINCHINS
noun
plural of kinchin
KINCHIN
noun
A child.
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Word DNA
KINCHINS inherits its ancestry from its root, KINCHIN.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (887)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KINCHIN · 1 relative 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.
KINCHINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
KINCHINS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHIIKNNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.
Words that start KINCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KINCHINS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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