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KOFTA
Definition of KOFTA
noun
Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Persian کوفْتَه (kōfta, “ground meat”), from کوفْتَن (kōftan, “to grind, break, beat”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Persian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (163)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KOFTA · 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.
KOFTA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KOFTA starts with K and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AFKOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found KOFTA?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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