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MUSICKER
Definition of MUSICKER
noun
A musician.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English musiker. Equivalent to music + -er (with -k- added to retain the “hard c”). Compare German Musiker etc.
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 (5,116)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUSICK · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUSICKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSICKER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIKMRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MUSICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUSICKER?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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