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PIECEWORKS
Definition of PIECEWORKS
Wiktionary has no entry for PIECEWORKS itself. This is its base word, PIECEWORK.
noun
Alternative form of piece work.
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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.
PIECEWORKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PIECEWORKS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEIKOPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PIECEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PIECEWORKS?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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