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KNACK
Definition of KNACK
noun
A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Late Middle English, use as "special skill" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak, knack (“a sharp sound or blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German and of imitative origin, similar to Dutch knak (“snap, crack”). Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack”). See also crack.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (226)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KNACK · 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.
KNACK 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 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KNACK starts with K and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Words that start KNACK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KNACK?
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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