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KNITCH
Definition of KNITCH
noun
A small bundle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
KNITCH carries 2 further meanings.
noun
A small bundle; a fagot.
noun
A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.
Where it comes from
From Middle English knicche (“bundle (of brush, weeds), bunch, sheaf”), from Old English ġecnyċċ (“bond”), deverbative of ġecnyċċan, cnyċċan (“to tie, bind together, connect”), from Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną; akin to Lithuanian gniáužti (“to close one’s hand”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KNITCH · 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.
KNITCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KNITCH starts with K and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHIKNT - 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 KNITCH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found KNITCH?
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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