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CAULKED
Definition of CAULKED
verb
simple past and past participle of caulk
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Other senses
CAULKED carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler such as caulk. Contrasted with uncaulked.
adjective
having the seams between planks packed with waterproof material; -- of boats and ships.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of caulk.
adjective
having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler
Word DNA
CAULKED 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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% 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.
CAULKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CAULKED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEKLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of CAULKED. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found CAULKED?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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