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PLOOKIER
Definition of PLOOKIER
Wiktionary has no entry for PLOOKIER itself. This is its base word, PLOOKY.
adjective
Covered in blotches or pimples.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PLOOKY.
From Scottish Gaelic pluc.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scottish Gaelic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
40th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (117)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLOOKIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLOOKIER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIKLOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PLOOKIER?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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