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KNUCKLED
Definition of KNUCKLED
adjective
Having a certain type of knuckles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From knuckle + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, KNUCKLE · 2 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.
KNUCKLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KNUCKLED starts with K and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEKKLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Words that start KNUCKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KNUCKLED?
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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