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PRICKLINGS
Definition of PRICKLINGS
noun
plural of prickling
PRICKLE · via prickling
noun
A sharp and often small point, especially that of a plant; a thorn. A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), as distinguished from a thorn.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRICKLINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRICKLINGS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CGIIKLNPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PRICKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PRICKLINGS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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