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CRICKET
Definition of CRICKET
noun
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English creket, crykett, crykette, from Old French criket (with diminutive -et) from criquer (“to make a cracking sound; creak”), from Middle Dutch kricken (“to creak; crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, related to Middle English creken, criken (“to creak”), all ultimately of imitative origin. Compare Dutch kriek (“cricket”), Middle Dutch krikel, criekel, crekel (“cricket”) (with diminituve -el), Middle Low German krikel, krekel (“cricket”), German Kreckel (“cricket”). More at creak.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (460)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRICKET · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRICKET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CRICKET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CCEIKRT - 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 CRICKET?
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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