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CASK
Definition of CASK
noun
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French casque. Doublet of casco and casque.
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.
CASK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CASK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CASK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found CASK?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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