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PUCKISHLY
Definition of PUCKISHLY
adverb
Mischievously; playfully.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PUCKISHLY carries 2 further meanings.
adverb
mischievously, over playfully
adverb
in an appealing but bold manner
Where it comes from
From puckish + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PUCK · 13 relatives in the game
PUCKISHLY in a sentence
“When she finished describing the poisonous concoction, she grinned and added puckishly, “Why not revive it for MO?””
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PUCKISHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 155 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUCKISHLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CHIKLPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUCKIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PUCKISHLY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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