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PIKEMAN
Definition of PIKEMAN
noun
A soldier armed with a pike.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pike + -man. Compare the Middle English surname Pykeman.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PIKE · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PIKEMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PIKEMAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEIKMNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found PIKEMAN?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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