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KIWI
Definition of KIWI
noun
A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori kiwi.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KIWI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KIWI starts with K and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read IIKW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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.
Words that start KIWI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found KIWI?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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