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SUCKLING
Definition of SUCKLING
noun
An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUCKLE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Middle 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.
SUCKLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found SUCKLING?
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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