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THICKSET

/ˈθɪkˌsɛt/8 letters

Definition of THICKSET

adjective

Having a relatively short, heavy build.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From thick + set.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

THICKSET in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 156
Its one board, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
148
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

maggier

on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

THICKSET
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

THICKSET starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

THICKESTTHICKETS

Words that start THICKS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

THICKSTHICKSETSTHICKSKINTHICKSKINS

Could you have found THICKSET?

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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.

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