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SANK

/ˈsæŋk/4 letters

Definition of SANK

verb

simple past of sink

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Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SANK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
62
First board
113
Latest board
51
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.

Built from these letters

SANK
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SANK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AKNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

KANS

Words that start SANK

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SANKOSANKOS

Could you have found SANK?

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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.

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