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KNUCKLIER

9 letters

Definition of KNUCKLIER

adjective

comparative form of knuckly: more knuckly

KNUCKLY

adjective

Knucklelike.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective

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.

KNUCKLIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 140
Its one board, across 140 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

bcagnese

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

Built from these letters

KNUCKLIER
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

KNUCKLIER starts with K and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIKKLNRU - 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.

KNUCKLEKNUCKLYKNUCKLEDKNUCKLERKNUCKLESKNUCKLERSKNUCKLINGKNUCKLIESTKNUCKLEBALLKNUCKLEBONEKNUCKLEHEADKNUCKLEBALLS

Could you have found KNUCKLIER?

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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