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STRAIKED
Definition of STRAIKED
Wiktionary has no entry for STRAIKED itself. This is its base word, STRAIK.
noun
Alternative form of strake.
noun
An iron fitting of a traditional wooden wheel, such as a hub component or bearing (e.g., box, bushel), a cleat, or a rim covering.
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Word DNA
STRAIKED inherits its ancestry from its root, STRAKE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,821)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STRAKE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRAIKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 155, 22 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STRAIKED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIKRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STRAIK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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