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KNAVES
Definition of KNAVES
noun
plural of knave
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Word DNA
KNAVES inherits its ancestry from its root, KNAVE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KNAVE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KNAVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 244 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KNAVES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEKNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KNAVES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found KNAVES?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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