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BLICKS
Definition of BLICKS
noun
plural of blick
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Word DNA
BLICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, BLICK.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,144)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BLICK · 2 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.
BLICKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLICKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCIKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BLICKS?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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