The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
KICKDOWN
Definition of KICKDOWN
noun
In a vehicle with automatic transmission, a downshift triggered by pressing down the throttle pedal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from kick down.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, KICKDOWN · 1 relative 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.
KICKDOWN 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 11 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
KICKDOWN starts with K and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDIKKNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Could you have found KICKDOWN?
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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