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PLINKIEST
Definition of PLINKIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for PLINKIEST itself. This is its base word, PLINKY.
adjective
Characterized by plink sounds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PLINKY.
From plink (“to make a plink sound”, verb) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).
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.
PLINKIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLINKIEST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIIKLNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PLINKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLINKIEST?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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