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LUCKIES
Definition of LUCKIES
Wiktionary has no entry for LUCKIES itself. This is its base word, LUCKY.
adjective
Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for LUCKY.
From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUCKY · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUCKIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
LUCKIES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIKLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LUCKIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUCKIES?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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