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PRICKLED
Definition of PRICKLED
adjective
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Word DNA
PRICKLED inherits its ancestry from its root, PRICKLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (914)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRICKLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRICKLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PRICKLED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEIKLPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PRICKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRICKLED?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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