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CLINK
Definition of CLINK
noun
The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clinken, from Old English *clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”). Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Related to cling (sound) and clang. May be further related to call. Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal.
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.
CLINK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CLINK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CIKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLINK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found CLINK?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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