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DETICKING
Definition of DETICKING
verb
present participle and gerund of detick
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DETICKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 57, 16 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DETICKING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEGIIKNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DETICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found DETICKING?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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