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CLEEKING
Definition of CLEEKING
verb
present participle and gerund of cleek
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Word DNA
CLEEKING inherits its ancestry from its root, CLEEK.
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (338)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLEEK · 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.
CLEEKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLEEKING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEEGIKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CLEEKING?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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