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DYKIER
Definition of DYKIER
adjective
comparative form of dykey: more dykey
DYKEY
adjective
Having stereotypically masculine characteristics.
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Word DNA
DYKIER inherits its ancestry from its root, DYKE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (354)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DYKE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DYKIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 64 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DYKIER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEIKRY - 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.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found DYKIER?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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