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MEDICK
Definition of MEDICK
noun
Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English medike, from Latin mēdica, from Ancient Greek μηδίκη (mēdíkē), short for Μηδικὴ πόα (Mēdikḕ póa, “Median grass”); so called because medick was imported from Media to Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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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.
MEDICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEDICK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CDEIKM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MEDICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MEDICK?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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