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KOLOS
Definition of KOLOS
noun
plural of kolo
noun
A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.
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Word DNA
KOLOS inherits its ancestry from its root, KOLO.
Line of descent
- Proto-Slavic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
44th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (59)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KOLO · 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.
KOLOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOLOS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read KLOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found KOLOS?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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