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STICKHANDLED
Definition of STICKHANDLED
verb
simple past and past participle of stickhandle
verb
To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.
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Word DNA
STICKHANDLED inherits its ancestry from its root, STICKHANDLE.
How it is built
Same root, STICKHANDLE · 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.
STICKHANDLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
STICKHANDLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEHIKLNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start STICKHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STICKHANDLED?
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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