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SUCKLING

8 letters

Definition of SUCKLING

noun

An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English sukling, sukeling, sokeling, equivalent to suck + -ling. Cognate with Middle Dutch sogelinc (“suckling”), Dutch zuigeling (“suckling”), German Säugling (“suckling”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

SUCKLING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 17 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
46
First board
102
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

cjclark

on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SUCKLING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SUCKLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIKLNSU - 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 SUCKLI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SUCKLINGS

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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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.

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