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KNOTHOLE
Definition of KNOTHOLE
noun
In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.
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Where it comes from
From knot + hole. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “explain baseball”
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KNOTHOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 122, 19 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KNOTHOLE starts with K and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHKLNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found KNOTHOLE?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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