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PUNK
Definition of PUNK
noun
One who engages in sexual intercourse, particularly: A female prostitute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain. Possibly from punk (“rotten wood dust used as tinder”), attested since 1678, to anything worthless (attested since 1869) and then to any undesirable person (since 1908). The relatively tame 21st century usage of punk (“prank”, verb) was popularized by the American television show Punk'd (2003).
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.
PUNK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PUNK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read KNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUNK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found PUNK?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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