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BIKINGS
Definition of BIKINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for BIKINGS itself. This is its base word, BIKE.
noun
Clipping of bicycle.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BIKE.
Clipping of bicycle. First attested in 1882. One explanation for the form with /k/ is that bicycle was parsed to bi(cy)c(le). An alternative explanation is that it was parsed to bic(ycle) but since speakers are aware of a general /k/~/s/ alternation (as in electric ~ electricity etc.), the softened /s/ was restored to a default /k/ when the “ending” -ycle was dropped. Similar cases are merc /mɜɹk/, spec /spɛk/ for mercenary, specify. It seems unlikely, however, that this process is purely phonological and not at least partially based on the spelling ⟨c⟩.
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.
BIKINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BIKINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGIIKNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found BIKINGS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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