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CLOKED
Definition of CLOKED
verb
simple past and past participle of cloke
CLOAK · via cloke
noun
A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
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Word DNA
CLOKED inherits its ancestry from its root, CLOAK.
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 (24,726)
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.
CLOKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLOKED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEKLO - 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.
Could you have found CLOKED?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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