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KNAVERY
Definition of KNAVERY
noun
The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
KNAVERY carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Dishonest or crafty dealing.
noun
An instance of trickery or mischief.
noun
The action or character of a knave; dishonesty; deception in dealing; trickery; petty villainy; fraud.
noun
Roguishness; waggishness; tomfoolery.
Where it comes from
From knave + -ery.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, KNAVE · 4 relatives in the game
KNAVERY in a sentence
“And then came Black Leclère, to lay his heavy hand on the bit of pulsating puppy life, to press and prod and mould till it became a big bristling beast, acute in knavery, overspilling with hate, sinister, malignant, diabolical.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KNAVERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 187 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KNAVERY starts with K and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEKNRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of KNAVERY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found KNAVERY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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