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POGEY

/ˈpəʊɡi/5 letters

Definition of POGEY

noun

A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

1891, meaning "poorhouse", possibly from British hobo slang. 1954 assistance.

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.

POGEY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 6 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
37
First board
120
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.

Built from these letters

POGEY
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start POGEY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found POGEY?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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