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PONKED
Definition of PONKED
Wiktionary has no entry for PONKED itself. This is its base word, PONK.
noun
A nocturnal evil spirit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PONK.
A false reading for pouke; see Puck.
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.
PONKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 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
PONKED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEKNOP - 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 PONKED?
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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