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PIKAU
Definition of PIKAU
noun
A makeshift knapsack or pack.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Māori pīkau.
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.
PIKAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PIKAU starts with P and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AIKPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PIKAU?
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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