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KOHLRABI
Definition of KOHLRABI
noun
Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Kohlrabi, from Kohl (“cabbage”) + Italian rape (“turnips”), from cavoli rape, the plural of cavolo rapa (“cole rape”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,311)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KOHLRABI · 2 relatives 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.
KOHLRABI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KOHLRABI starts with K and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ABHIKLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KOHLRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found KOHLRABI?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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