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EWKS
Definition of EWKS
noun
plural of ewk
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Word DNA
EWKS inherits its ancestry from its root, YEUK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,700)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, YEUK · 15 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.
EWKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
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
EWKS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKSW - 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.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found EWKS?
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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