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KOUMISES
Definition of KOUMISES
Wiktionary has no entry for KOUMISES itself. This is its base word, KOUMIS.
noun
Alternative form of koumiss.
noun
A fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes.
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Word DNA
KOUMISES inherits its ancestry from its root, KOUMISS.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (390)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KOUMISS · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Turkish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KOUMISES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOUMISES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKMOSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start KOUMIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KOUMISES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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