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CLERKISH
Definition of CLERKISH
adjective
Like or resembling a clerk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From clerk + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CLERK · 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.
CLERKISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLERKISH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKLRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found CLERKISH?
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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