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ACKNOWLEDGES
Definition of ACKNOWLEDGES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of acknowledge
verb
To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
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Word DNA
ACKNOWLEDGES inherits its ancestry from its root, ACKNOWLEDGE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (143)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACKNOWLEDGE · 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.
ACKNOWLEDGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACKNOWLEDGES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEGKLNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ACKNOWLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found ACKNOWLEDGES?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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