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KHANJAR
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).
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.
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
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Could you have found KHANJAR?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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