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KICK
Definition of KICK
verb
To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, KICK · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle Low German.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KICK 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 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
KICK starts with K and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CIKK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Words that start KICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KICK?
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