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CRICKS
Definition of CRICKS
noun
plural 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
CRICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, CRICK.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (207)
branch · 22.6% 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.
CRICKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRICKS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCIKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CRICKS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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