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KOFTGARIS
Definition of KOFTGARIS
Wiktionary has no entry for KOFTGARIS itself. This is its base word, KOFTGARI.
noun
Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold; a variety of damascening common in Indian art.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for KOFTGARI.
From Hindi [Term?] (“gold-beating”), from Persian [Term?], from کوفتن (kuftan, “to beat”) + ـگر (-gar) + ـی (-i).
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.
KOFTGARIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOFTGARIS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFGIKORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KOFTGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KOFTGARIS?
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