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SIDEKICK
Definition of SIDEKICK
noun
An assistant to another person, especially to a superior or more important person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From side + kick, which in the late 19th and early 20th century was a slang term for the front side pocket of a pair of trousers, known as the pocket safest from theft. Thus, by analogy, a "side-kick" was a person's closest companion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
SIDEKICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIDEKICK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CDEIIKKS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and K appear more than once.
Words that start SIDEKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SIDEKICK?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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