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PECKERS
Definition of PECKERS
noun
plural of pecker
noun
Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly: Any tool used in a pecking fashion, particularly kinds of hoes or pickaxes. Any machine or machine part moving in a pecking fashion, particularly: A picker, a shuttle-driver: the device which moves backwards and forwards in the shuttle-box to drive the shuttle through the warp. A kind of V-shaped telegraphic relay. Clipping of pecker mill, a rice mill. A bird, particularly a member of the group including the woodpeckers, flowerpeckers, oxpeckers, and berrypeckers. Clipping of woodpecker (Picidae). An eater, a diner. A bird's beak.
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Word DNA
PECKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, PECK.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,835)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PECK · 8 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.
PECKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PECKERS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEKPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PECKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PECKERS?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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