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LICKIEST
Definition of LICKIEST
adjective
superlative form of licky: most licky
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Word DNA
LICKIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, LICK.
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 (12,132)
How it is built
Same root, LICK · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Dutch, French, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latin and 7 more.
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.
LICKIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LICKIEST starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEIIKLST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found LICKIEST?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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