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STICKPIN
Definition of STICKPIN
noun
An ornamented pin used to secure a necktie's end flat against the shirt, a tie tack.
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Where it comes from
From stick + pin.
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.
STICKPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 135, 2 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STICKPIN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CIIKNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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 STICKP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STICKPIN?
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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.
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