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STICKWORK
Definition of STICKWORK
noun
Use of the stick in lacrosse, hockey, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stick + work.
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.
STICKWORK 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 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STICKWORK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CIKKORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Words that start STICKW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STICKWORK?
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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