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POCKY

/ˈpɒki/5 letters

Definition of POCKY

adjective

Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From pock + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

POCKY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 113
Its 10 boards, across 113 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
36
First board
112
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

shinybicho

on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

POCKY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

POCKY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CKOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found POCKY?

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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