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PULKS
Definition of PULKS
noun
plural of pulk
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Word DNA
PULKS inherits its ancestry from its root, PULK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
51st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (33)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PULK · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PULKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PULKS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read KLPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PULKS?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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