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KYRIE
Definition of KYRIE
noun
A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
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Where it comes from
From Ecclesiastical Latin Kyrie, contraction of the Ancient Greek phrase Κύριε ἐλέησον (Kúrie eléēson, “Lord, have mercy”), from Ancient Greek Κύριε (Kúrie), vocative form of Κύριος (Kúrios, “Lord”), from κῦρος (kûros, “supremacy, authority”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēw-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, KYRIE · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KYRIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KYRIE starts with K and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KYRIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KYRIE?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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