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CARKED
Definition of CARKED
verb
simple past and past participle of cark
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Word DNA
CARKED inherits its ancestry from its root, CARK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CARK · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARKED in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 152 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARKED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found CARKED?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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