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RICKLE
Definition of RICKLE
noun
A loose, disordered collection of things; a heap; a jumble.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scots rickle, from Old English hrēac (“stack”) with the Scots suffix -le (“full (of)”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Scots
- 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, RICKLE · 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.
RICKLE 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 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RICKLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIKLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found RICKLE?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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