unknown
Not known; unidentified; not well known.
Adjective 1 meaning
Not known; unidentified; not well known.
“The concept has existed since times unknown.”
Noun 3 meanings
A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
A person of no identity; a nonentity.
Etymology
From Middle English *unknowen, *uniknowen, uniknowe, from Old English unġecnāwen (“unknown”), equivalent to un- + known.
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UNKNOWN at a glance
UNKNOWN has 7 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (U 1 + N 1 + K 5 + N 1 + O 1 + W 4 + N 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,808 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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