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POCK
Definition of POCK
noun
A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *pokk, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”). Cognate with Dutch pok (“pock”), Low German Pocke (“pock”), German Pocke (“pock”).
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.
POCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POCK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found POCK?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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