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PIKER
Definition of PIKER
noun
A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pike + -er. In some senses, it has been linked etymologically to the word pikey as well as to Pike County in eastern Missouri [1]. In the latter instance the term originally denoted poor immigrants to California.
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.
PIKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PIKER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIKPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PIKER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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