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ALIKE
Definition of ALIKE
adjective
Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The adjective comes from a conflation of several different terms: Similarly, the adverb also comes from a conflation of several different terms:
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.
ALIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ALIKE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIKL - 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.
Words that start ALIKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found ALIKE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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