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CANKLE
Definition of CANKLE
noun
An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of calf + ankle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CANKLE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 89, 17 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CANKLE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CANKLE?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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