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CLANK
Definition of CLANK
noun
A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CLANK · 2 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.
CLANK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CLANK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLANK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found CLANK?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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