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KNUR
Definition of KNUR
noun
A knurl.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Late Middle English knorre, variant of knarre; see knar (“knot on a tree trunk”). Cognate with German Knorren (“knurl”) and Danish knor (“knurl”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,258)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KNUR · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KNUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KNUR starts with K and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read KNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KNUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found KNUR?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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