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PINKEY
Definition of PINKEY
noun
Alternative form of pinky (“kind of fishing schooner”).
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Word DNA
PINKEY inherits its ancestry from its root, PINK.
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (685)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PINK · 19 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PINKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 132 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PINKEY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EIKNPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PINKEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PINKEY?
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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