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CLOAK
Definition of CLOAK
noun
A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of cloche and clock.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- French
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLOAK · 6 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.
CLOAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOAK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLOAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CLOAK?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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