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KNITTLES
Definition of KNITTLES
noun
plural of knittle
NETTLE · via nettles
noun
Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles: Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle), Urtica incisa (Australian nettle); wood nettle (Laportea canadensis); bull nettles and spurge nettles (Cnidoscolus spp.): bull nettle, spurge nettle (Cnidoscolus stimulosus) Texas bull nettle (Cnidoscolus texanus), bull nettle (Cnidoscolus urens), nettle trees or tree nettles: Various species of the genus Dendrocnide: small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla). scratchbush (Urera baccifera) tree nettle (Urtica ferox); rock nettles (Eucnide spp.);
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Word DNA
KNITTLES inherits its ancestry from its root, NETTLE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (4,089)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NETTLE · 10 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.
KNITTLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KNITTLES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKLNSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start KNITTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KNITTLES?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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