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THICK
Definition of THICK
adjective
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk, tykk (“thick”), Scanian tjykker (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”); also Cornish and Welsh tew (“thick”), Irish tiubh, tiugh (“thick”), Manx çhiu (“thick”), Scottish Gaelic tiugh (“thick”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, THICK · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Scottish Gaelic, Swedish, Welsh and 1 more.
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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.
THICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
THICK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CHIKT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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