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KIPPER
Definition of KIPPER
noun
A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old English cypera (“male salmon”), perhaps related to Old English coper (“reddish-brown metal”) (see copper), on resemblance of color. Another theory connects it to kip (“sharp, hooked lower jaw of the male salmon in breeding season”), from Middle English kippen (“to seize, snatch”), but OED doubts this.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- Old English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (5,012)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KIPPER · 5 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.
KIPPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KIPPER starts with K and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIKPPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start KIPPER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KIPPER?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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