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RICK
Definition of RICK
noun
Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English *rykke, from Old English hrycce (“rick, heap, pile”), cognate with Scots ruk (“rick”), Norwegian ruka (“rick, haystack”). Related also to Old English hrēac (“rick, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“heap”). Further relations: Dutch rook, Icelandic hraukur, Irish cruach. Doublet of croagh.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RICK starts with R and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CIKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found RICK?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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