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POKER
Definition of POKER
noun
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poke + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POKE · 10 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
POKER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EKOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start POKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found POKER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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