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POKES
Definition of POKES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of poke
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POKES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKOPS - 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.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found POKES?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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