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STUCK

/stʌk/5 letters

Definition of STUCK

verb

simple past and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

STUCK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 10 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
19
First board
101
Latest board
43
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

STUCK
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

STUCK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKSTU - 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 STUCK

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STUCKS

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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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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