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GUNK
Definition of GUNK
noun
Grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Apparently from Gunk, trademark name for a liquid soap; perhaps taken as a blend of grime + funk.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GUNK · 1 relative 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.
GUNK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GUNK starts with G and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read GKNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUNK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found GUNK?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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