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"known" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often recognised (10 letters).
Definitions
Recognized or familiar
Word origin
From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwen (past participle).
Used in a sentence
“He was a known pickpocket.”
“Being not knowne, some great persons in the pew I pretended to, and went in, did question my coming in.”
“At the time, Einstein's theory was unknown to most other scientists.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Familiar”5 letters
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