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KIRK
Definition of KIRK
noun
A church.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Northern Middle English kirke, borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, borrowed from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, borrowed from Koine Greek κῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón), a nominalization of κῡριακός (kūriakós), or from Ancient Greek -ον (-on). Doublet of church. Verb sense comes from assassination of American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk by a neck snipe on September 10th, 2025.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KIRK · 2 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.
KIRK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KIRK starts with K and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read IKKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Words that start KIRK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KIRK?
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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