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LARRIKIN
Definition of LARRIKIN
noun
A young, brash, and impertinent, and possibly violent, troublemaker, especially one who is a gang member; a hooligan.
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Where it comes from
Origin uncertain, possibly from *larick (Northern England) (an unattested variant of lark (“bird of the family Alaudidae; frolic or romp, some fun; prank; (East Suffolk, obsolete) unruly or wild person”, noun), from laverock (“(chiefly Northern England, Scotland, archaic) lark (bird)”); compare the variant forms lairock, larrock (chiefly Northern England), larick, larrick (chiefly Scotland)) + -kin (diminutive suffix). However, the Oxford English Dictionary notes that it is not clear why a word attested in the West Midlands (particularly Warwickshire and Worcestershire) and in Southwest England (Cornwall) would be derived from a word from Northern England. Other suggestions include the following: The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LARRIKIN · 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.
LARRIKIN 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 1 day.
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
LARRIKIN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIIKLNRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start LARRIK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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