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ERKS
Definition of ERKS
noun
plural of erk
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ERKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERKS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found ERKS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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