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LICKING
Definition of LICKING
noun
The act by which something is licked.
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Word DNA
LICKING inherits its ancestry from its root, LICK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,662)
How it is built
Same root, LICK · 4 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.
LICKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
LICKING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIIKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found LICKING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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