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DIKE
Definition of DIKE
noun
US standard spelling of dyke.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Northern Middle English dik and dike (“ditch”), from Old Norse díki (“ditch”). Influenced by Middle Dutch dijc (“ditch; dam”) and Middle Low German dīk (“dam”). See also ditch.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIKE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEIK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DIKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found DIKE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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