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KIVAS
Definition of KIVAS
noun
plural of kiva
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Another sense
KIVAS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of kiva.
Word DNA
KIVAS inherits its ancestry from its root, KIVA.
How it is built
Same root, KIVA · 1 relative in the game
KIVAS in a sentence
“Ground zero in this scenario is Technical Area 18, a complex of three rectangular buildings, called kivas, in which U.S. scientists have experimented with plutonium and uranium for more than 50 years.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KIVAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KIVAS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIKSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found KIVAS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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