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KRILL

/kɹɪl/5 letters

Definition of KRILL

noun

Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Norwegian krill (“fry of fish”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

KRILL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
110
First board
117
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

pogo

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KRILL
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KRILL starts with K and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read IKLLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start KRILL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found KRILL?

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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