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KINE
Definition of KINE
noun
plural of cow
COW
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Cowlitz.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English kyn, kyne, equivalent to ky + -en (plural ending), a double plural.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,275)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KINE · 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.
KINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 152 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
KINE starts with K and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KINE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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