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PICNICS
Definition of PICNICS
noun
plural of picnic
PICNIC
noun
An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
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Word DNA
PICNICS inherits its ancestry from its root, PICNIC.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,085)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PICNIC · 1 relative 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.
PICNICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PICNICS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCIINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and C appear more than once.
Words that start PICNIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PICNICS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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