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PLUCKS
Definition of PLUCKS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of pluck
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Word DNA
PLUCKS inherits its ancestry from its root, PLUCK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,888)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLUCK · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLUCKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PLUCKS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CKLPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found PLUCKS?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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