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KNURL
Definition of KNURL
noun
A contorted knot in wood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From knur + -le (“diminutive”), from Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), earlier sense “a stone”, likely influenced by Old Norse knǫrr. gnarl is a later variant, from gnarled, via knurled.
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.
KNURL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KNURL starts with K and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read KLNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KNURL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found KNURL?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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