The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LICKING
Definition of LICKING
noun
The act by which something is licked.
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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 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
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.
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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