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KNOUT
Definition of KNOUT
noun
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Via French knout from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot in a cord”). Doublet of knot, node, and nodus.
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.
KNOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KNOUT starts with K and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read KNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KNOUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found KNOUT?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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