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KULAK
Definition of KULAK
noun
A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1877. From Russian кула́к (kulák, “wealthy peasant; fist; tight-fisted person”), plural кулаки́ (kulakí). Compare also Russian раскула́чивание (raskuláčivanije, “dekulakization”), подкула́чник (podkuláčnik, “subkulak”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Russian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (144)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KULAK · 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.
KULAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KULAK starts with K and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AKKLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Could you have found KULAK?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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