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PADLOCK
Definition of PADLOCK
noun
A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
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Where it comes from
From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlock, padlokke, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate opening to a path, or a lock for a basket or pannier, from UK dialect pad (“a pannier”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PADLOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PADLOCK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACDKLOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PADLOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PADLOCK?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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