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NANKEEN
Definition of NANKEEN
noun
A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Eye spelling of Nanking, itself a romanization of Chinese 南京 (Nánjīng, literally “Southern capital”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Chinese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (166)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NANKEEN · 3 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.
NANKEEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NANKEEN starts with N and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEKNNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found NANKEEN?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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