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THICKING
Definition of THICKING
verb
present participle and gerund of thick
adjective
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
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Word DNA
THICKING inherits its ancestry from its root, THICK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
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.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THICKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 57 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THICKING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGHIIKNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start THICKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THICKING?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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