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KRENGS
Definition of KRENGS
noun
plural of kreng
KRANG · via kreng
noun
The portions of a whale that remain after the blubber has been removed, especially the flesh and organs.
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Word DNA
KRENGS inherits its ancestry from its root, KRANG.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (451)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KRANG · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KRENGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 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
KRENGS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found KRENGS?
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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