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KNARLIEST

9 letters

Definition of KNARLIEST

Wiktionary has no entry for KNARLIEST itself. This is its base word, KNARLY.

adjective

Alternative form of gnarly.

GNARLY

adjective

Having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for KNARLY.

From knarl + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

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The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

KNARLIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 140
Its 2 boards, across 140 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
135
First board
139
Latest board
4
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

rlow

on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KNARLIEST
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

KNARLIEST starts with K and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEIKLNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start KNARLI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found KNARLIEST?

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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.

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