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KECK
Definition of KECK
verb
To heave or retch as if to vomit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Imitative. Compare German köken (“to vomit”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, KECK · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KECK 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 30 days.
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
KECK starts with K and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CEKK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Words that start KECK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KECK?
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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