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CLACKING
Definition of CLACKING
verb
present participle and gerund of clack
noun
An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
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Word DNA
CLACKING inherits its ancestry from its root, CLACK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (970)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLACK · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLACKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLACKING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACCGIKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CLACKING?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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