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PUCKER
Definition of PUCKER
verb
To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
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Where it comes from
Origin obscure. Perhaps continuing Middle English pukkeren (“to hoard, save”, literally “to sack, stow away in a poke or bag”) with a change in meaning (compare purse (“to pucker”)). Alternatively, perhaps a direct alteration of poke (verb, or the noun meaning "a small bag"). By surface analysis, poke + -er.
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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.
PUCKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PUCKER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEKPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUCKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found PUCKER?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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