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KNOCKER

/ˈnɒk.ə/7 letters

Definition of KNOCKER

noun

A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.

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Where it comes from

From knock + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-er

Same root, KNOCK · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

KNOCKER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 152
Its one board, across 152 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
13
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

pamn

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KNOCKER
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start KNOCKE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found KNOCKER?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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