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KNAVISH
Definition of KNAVISH
adjective
Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.
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Other senses
KNAVISH carries 4 further meanings.
Like a knave; suited to a knave; tricky; dishonest; fraudulent: as, a knavish fellow; a knavish trick.
Roguish; waggish; mischievous.
Synonyms Trickish, rascally, unprincipled.
adjective
Like or characteristic of a knave{3}; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous.
“a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick”
Where it comes from
From Middle English knavych, knavyssh; equivalent to knave + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KNAVISH · 1 relative 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.
KNAVISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 203 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KNAVISH starts with K and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHIKNSV - 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 KNAVISH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start KNAVIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found KNAVISH?
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