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RICKERS
Definition of RICKERS
noun
plural of ricker
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Word DNA
RICKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, RICK.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,038)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RICK · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Proto-Germanic, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RICKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RICKERS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIKRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found RICKERS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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