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KREMLINS
Definition of KREMLINS
noun
plural of kremlin
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Word DNA
KREMLINS inherits its ancestry from its root, KREMLIN.
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 (146)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KREMLIN · 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.
KREMLINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KREMLINS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKLMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KREMLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found KREMLINS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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