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KLISTERS

8 letters

Definition of KLISTERS

noun

plural of klister

KLISTER

noun

A soft wax used for grip on skis, especially for corn snow or crust.

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Word DNA

KLISTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, KLISTER.

Line of descent

  1. Swedish
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Swedish

Deepest traced root

27th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.3%

of traced words share this origin (284)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, KLISTER · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

KLISTERS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its one board, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
172
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

eronmain

on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KLISTERS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KLISTERS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKLRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start KLISTE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found KLISTERS?

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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.

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