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LIMERICKS
Definition of LIMERICKS
noun
plural of limerick
noun
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
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Word DNA
LIMERICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, LIMERICK.
Line of descent
- Irish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (349)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LIMERICK · 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.
LIMERICKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIMERICKS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIIKLMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found LIMERICKS?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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