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KLOOF

/kluf/5 letters

Definition of KLOOF

noun

A deep glen or ravine.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Dutch kloof (“ravine”) (South Africa). Doublet of clove (“deep or narrow valley”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

KLOOF in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 8 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
56
First board
110
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

magnetschool

on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

KLOOF
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

KLOOF starts with K and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FKLOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start KLOOF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

KLOOFS

Could you have found KLOOF?

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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.

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