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PICKAX
Definition of PICKAX
noun
Alternative spelling of pickaxe.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PICKAX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 87, 15 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PICKAX starts with P and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ACIKPX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PICKAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PICKAX?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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