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Definition of POCKET
noun
A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (“bag, sack”) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Equivalent to poke + -et. Doublet of pochette. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). Compare the related poke (“sack or bag”). See also Modern French pochette and Latin bucca.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, POCKET · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Middle Dutch, Old English, Old French, Old Norse.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POCKET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POCKET starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEKOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POCKET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found POCKET?
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