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KNIFER
Definition of KNIFER
noun
Someone who sells knives.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From knife + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, KNIFER · 2 relatives 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.
KNIFER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
KNIFER starts with K and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFIKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KNIFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found KNIFER?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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