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LURKS
Definition of LURKS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of lurk
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Word DNA
LURKS inherits its ancestry from its root, LURK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,919)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LURK · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LURKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LURKS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read KLRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found LURKS?
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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