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PLUNKERS
Definition of PLUNKERS
noun
plural of plunker
noun
An angler who throws bait into the water and waits on the shore, rather than fishing from a boat.
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Word DNA
PLUNKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, PLUNKER.
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.
PLUNKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLUNKERS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKLNPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found PLUNKERS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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