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KOUMISS
Definition of KOUMISS
noun
A fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Via French koumis, German Kumiss, from Russian кумы́с (kumýs), borrowed from a Turkic source. Compare Tatar кымыз (qımız), Kazakh қымыз (qımız), Kyrgyz кымыз (kımız), Southern Altai кымыс (kïmïs), Turkish kımız, Azerbaijani qımız, Northern Altai кымыс (kïmïs), etc.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
KOUMISS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOUMISS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IKMOSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start KOUMIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KOUMISS?
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