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CRICKETED
Definition of CRICKETED
verb
simple past and past participle 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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Word DNA
CRICKETED inherits its ancestry from its root, CRICKET.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (109)
branch · 22.3% 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.
CRICKETED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 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
CRICKETED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CCDEEIKRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and E appear more than once.
Words that start CRICKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRICKETED?
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