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KISSEL
Definition of KISSEL
noun
Alternative spelling of kisel (“type of dessert”).
KISEL
noun
A dessert (sometimes consumed as a drink) made from fruit or berry juice and thickened with starch, common in Slavic and Baltic countries as well as Finland and Sweden.
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Word DNA
KISSEL inherits its ancestry from its root, KISEL.
Line of descent
- Proto-Slavic
- Russian
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
44th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (57)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KISEL · 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.
KISSEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KISSEL starts with K and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EIKLSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start KISSEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KISSEL?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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