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KICKSTAND
Definition of KICKSTAND
noun
A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From kick + stand (the bar is typically kicked into place with the foot, and enables the vehicle to stand).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KICKSTAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 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
KICKSTAND starts with K and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDIKKNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Words that start KICKST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KICKSTAND?
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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