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STRICK
Definition of STRICK
noun
A flat piece of wood used for levelling off grain in a measure; a strickle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a variant of strike. Compare strickle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRICK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CIKRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 STRICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found STRICK?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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