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KUMARA
Definition of KUMARA
noun
The sweet potato.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori kūmara.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KUMARA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KUMARA starts with K and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAKMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start KUMARA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KUMARA?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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