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KNIGHTLIER

10 letters

Definition of KNIGHTLIER

adjective

comparative form of knightly: more knightly

KNIGHTLY

adjective

Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.

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Word DNA

KNIGHTLIER inherits its ancestry from its root, KNIGHTLY.

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

6.2%

of traced words share this origin (5,006)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjectivecompound-ly

Same root, KNIGHTLY · 1 relative in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Old English.

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

KNIGHTLIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 163
Its 14 boards, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
35
First board
163
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

thamonsta

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KNIGHTLIER
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

KNIGHTLIER starts with K and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGHIIKLNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start KNIGHT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

KNIGHTKNIGHTSKNIGHTEDKNIGHTLYKNIGHTAGEKNIGHTINGKNIGHTAGESKNIGHTHEADKNIGHTHOODKNIGHTLESSKNIGHTHEADSKNIGHTHOODS

Could you have found KNIGHTLIER?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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