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KNEEL
Definition of KNEEL
verb
To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English knelen, from Old English cnēowlian (“to kneel”), equivalent to knee + -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen, Low German knelen, dialectal German knielen, Alemannic German chnüle, Danish knæle, all meaning “to kneel”.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KNEEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 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
KNEEL starts with K and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EEKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start KNEEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found KNEEL?
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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