The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CAULKS
Definition of CAULKS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of caulk
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
CAULKS 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 (24,176)
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.
CAULKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAULKS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACKLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found CAULKS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER