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OUTWICK
Definition of OUTWICK
noun
A shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from out- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OUTWICK · 2 relatives 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.
OUTWICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTWICK starts with O and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CIKOTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTWIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTWICK?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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