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CHICK
Definition of CHICK
noun
A young bird.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”). Sense of "young woman" dates to at least 1860 (compare chit (“young, pert woman”)). More at chicken.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,005)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHICK · 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.
CHICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CHICK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CCHIK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CHICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHICK?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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