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DERRICKING
Definition of DERRICKING
verb
present participle and gerund of derrick
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Word DNA
DERRICKING inherits its ancestry from its root, DERRICK.
How it is built
Same root, DERRICK · 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.
DERRICKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DERRICKING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEGIIKNRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DERRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DERRICKING?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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