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PUNKISH
Definition of PUNKISH
adjective
Reminiscent of the punk subculture; slightly punk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From punk + -ish.
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.
PUNKISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUNKISH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HIKNPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found PUNKISH?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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