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GARLICKIER
Definition of GARLICKIER
adjective
comparative form of garlicky: more garlicky
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Word DNA
GARLICKIER inherits its ancestry from its root, GARLIC.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,167)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GARLIC · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GARLICKIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GARLICKIER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEGIIKLRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once.
Words that start GARLIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GARLICKIER?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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