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KNIVES
Definition of KNIVES
noun
plural of knife
noun
A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
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Word DNA
KNIVES inherits its ancestry from its root, KNIFE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, KNIFE · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old French, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KNIVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
KNIVES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KNIVES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found KNIVES?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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