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KVELL
Definition of KVELL
verb
To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Yiddish קוועלן (kveln), from Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan. Cognate with German quellen and English quell (“source, spring”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (857)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KVELL · 2 relatives 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.
KVELL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KVELL starts with K and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EKLLV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start KVELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KVELL?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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