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THUNK
Definition of THUNK
verb
past participle of think
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By analogy with past participles ending in "-unk", such as drunk and sunk.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, THINK · 11 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.
THUNK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 146 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THUNK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read HKNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THUNK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found THUNK?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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