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PICKAXES
Definition of PICKAXES
noun
plural of pickaxe
noun
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
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Word DNA
PICKAXES inherits its ancestry from its root, PICKAXE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,624)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PICKAXE · 3 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.
PICKAXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PICKAXES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIKPSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PICKAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PICKAXES?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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