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SPICKER
Definition of SPICKER
adjective
comparative form of spick: more spick
SPIC · via spick
noun
Synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent.
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Word DNA
SPICKER inherits its ancestry from its root, SPIC.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,376)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPIC · 6 relatives 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.
SPICKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPICKER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIKPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SPICKER?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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