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KURGANS
Definition of KURGANS
noun
plural of kurgan
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Word DNA
KURGANS inherits its ancestry from its root, KURGAN.
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 (370)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KURGAN · 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.
KURGANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KURGANS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGKNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found KURGANS?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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