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POCKETING
Definition of POCKETING
noun
The act of something being taken (usually illicitly purloined).
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Word DNA
POCKETING inherits its ancestry from its root, POCKET.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
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.
POCKETING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POCKETING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGIKNOPT - 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 POCKETING?
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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