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SHTICKS
Definition of SHTICKS
noun
plural of shtick
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Word DNA
SHTICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHTICK.
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (62)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHTICK · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHTICKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHTICKS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHIKSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHTICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHTICKS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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