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PRANKS
Definition of PRANKS
noun
plural of prank
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Word DNA
PRANKS inherits its ancestry from its root, PRANK.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (116)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRANK · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRANKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PRANKS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AKNPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PRANKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found PRANKS?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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