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ACKNOWN
Definition of ACKNOWN
verb
past participle of acknow Recognized, confessed, disclosed, revealed, realized Acknowledged; confessed (often with "of" or "on"), revealed, disclosed, realized
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Word DNA
ACKNOWN inherits its ancestry from its root, ACKNOW.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,977)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACKNOW · 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.
ACKNOWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ACKNOWN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACKNNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start ACKNOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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