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HICKEY
Definition of HICKEY
noun
A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown.
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.
HICKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HICKEY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found HICKEY?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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