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CLINKER
Definition of CLINKER
noun
A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken (“to ring, resound”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLINKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLINKER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIKLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLINKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found CLINKER?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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