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KIRKTONS
Definition of KIRKTONS
noun
plural of kirkton
KIRKTOWN · via kirkton
noun
A small town or village in the vicinity of a parish church.
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Word DNA
KIRKTONS inherits its ancestry from its root, KIRKTON.
How it is built
Same root, KIRKTON · 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.
KIRKTONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
KIRKTONS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IKKNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Could you have found KIRKTONS?
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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