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PLOUK
Definition of PLOUK
noun
A pimple or spot.
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Where it comes from
Of uncertain origin, possibly related to plug. Compare Scots plook, plouk. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “see OED”)
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLOUK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLOUK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read KLOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLOUK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLOUK?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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