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THICKEN
Definition of THICKEN
verb
To make thicker (in the sense of wider).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English thickenen, thikkenen, perhaps from Old Norse þykkna (“to thicken”); equivalent to thick + -en. Cognate with Swedish tjockna (“to thicken”), Icelandic þykkna (“to thicken”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THICKEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THICKEN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start THICKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found THICKEN?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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