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SULKIES

7 letters

Definition of SULKIES

noun

plural of sulky

SULKY

adjective

silent and withdrawn after being upset

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Word DNA

SULKIES inherits its ancestry from its root, SULKY.

How it is built

noun

Same root, SULKY · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

SULKIES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its 2 boards, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
153
First board
172
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

kittyPATRON

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SULKIES
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SULKIES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKLSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start SULKIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SULKIES?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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