The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POCKINGS
Definition of POCKINGS
noun
plural of pocking
POCK · via pocking
noun
A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
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Word DNA
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.
POCKINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POCKINGS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CGIKNOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found POCKINGS?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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