The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POKIE
Definition of POKIE
noun
Synonym of poker machine, an electronic game of chance played for money, especially slot machines.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From clipping of poker machine + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POKIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POKIE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found POKIE?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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