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DUCKWALK
Definition of DUCKWALK
verb
To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From duck + walk, from its resemblance to the awkward waddle of a duck.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DUCKWALK · 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.
DUCKWALK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
DUCKWALK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACDKKLUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Words that start DUCKWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DUCKWALK?
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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