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WOODPECKER
Definition of WOODPECKER
noun
Any bird of the species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wood + pecker. Compare Middle English wod spek (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodehake (“woodpecker”), Middle English wodewale (“woodpecker”). Displaced speight.
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.
WOODPECKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Built from these letters
WOODPECKER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDEEKOOPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found WOODPECKER?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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