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CAUKERS
Definition of CAUKERS
noun
plural of cauker
CAULKER · via cauker
noun
A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping.
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Word DNA
CAUKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, CAULK.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAULK · 8 relatives 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.
CAUKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAUKERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEKRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CAUKERS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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