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KIRPAN
Definition of KIRPAN
noun
A ceremonial sword that must be worn at all times by baptized Sikhs, and one of the five Ks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Punjabi ਕਿਰਪਾਨ (kirpān), from Sanskrit कृपाण (kṛpāṇa, “sword, dagger, sacrificial knife”), from कल्पयति (kalpáyati, “he orders, apportions, cuts, trims”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (247)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KIRPAN · 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.
KIRPAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KIRPAN starts with K and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIKNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found KIRPAN?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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