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FLICKIEST
Definition of FLICKIEST
adjective
superlative form of flicky: most flicky
FLICKY
adjective
Easily flicked; thus, light and fast.
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Word DNA
FLICKIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, FLICK.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FLICK · 13 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.
FLICKIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLICKIEST starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEFIIKLST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FLICKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLICKIEST?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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