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POCKIES
Definition of POCKIES
Wiktionary has no entry for POCKIES itself. This is its base word, POCKY.
adjective
Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for POCKY.
From pock + -y.
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.
POCKIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 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
POCKIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIKOPS - 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 POCKIES?
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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