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LUCKS
Definition of LUCKS
noun
plural of luck
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Word DNA
LUCKS inherits its ancestry from its root, LUCK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (339)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUCK · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Frankish, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Proto-Germanic, 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.
LUCKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LUCKS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CKLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found LUCKS?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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