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CRICKED
Definition of CRICKED
verb
simple past and past participle 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.
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Word DNA
CRICKED inherits its ancestry from its root, CRICK.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (834)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRICK · 3 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.
CRICKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 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
CRICKED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CCDEIKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CRICKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRICKED?
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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