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DETICK
Definition of DETICK
verb
to remove ticks (parasitic arachnids) from
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + tick.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DETICK · 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.
DETICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 88, 16 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DETICK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CDEIKT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DETICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DETICK?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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