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PUKA
Definition of PUKA
noun
A small, usually perforated, wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hawaiian puka (“hole”).
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.
PUKA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUKA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AKPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found PUKA?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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