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CLEEK
Definition of CLEEK
noun
A large hook.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots cleek.
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.
CLEEK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CLEEK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CEEKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CLEEK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLEEK?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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