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KIRKS
Definition of KIRKS
noun
plural of kirk
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Word DNA
KIRKS inherits its ancestry from its root, KIRK.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,577)
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.
KIRKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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
KIRKS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IKKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found KIRKS?
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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