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MERKINS
Definition of MERKINS
noun
plural of merkin
noun
A woman's pubic wig. Worn for nude stage appearances and by women, originally after shaving their pubic hair to eliminate lice or for other reasons, now often as a fashion item.
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Another sense
MERKINS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of merkin.
Word DNA
MERKINS inherits its ancestry from its root, MERKIN.
How it is built
Same root, MERKIN · 1 relative in the game
MERKINS in a sentence
“I'm sure Robert Pattinson (8) is wearing the eyebrow merkins (9) I wore when I was younger.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MERKINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MERKINS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found MERKINS?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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