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STRICKEN
Definition of STRICKEN
adjective
Struck by something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English striken, ystriken, from Old English stricen, ġestricen, from Proto-West Germanic *strikan, from Proto-Germanic *strikanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (“to strike”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian strieken, Dutch gestreken, German Low German streken, German gestrichen.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (981)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRICKEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 176 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STRICKEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEIKNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STRICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found STRICKEN?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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