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KHANJAR

/ˈkand͡ʒə/7 letters

Definition of KHANJAR

noun

A kind of dagger used in certain Arabian countries.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar). Doublet of kindjal.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

KHANJAR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its one board, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
70
First board
39
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.

First ever to find it

professordrgir

on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KHANJAR
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KHANJAR starts with K and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAHJKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start KHANJA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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