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CRICK
Definition of CRICK
noun
A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back, which makes it difficult to move the affected body part for some time; a cramp.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (212)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRICK · 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.
CRICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 111 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
CRICK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CCIKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CRICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRICK?
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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