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TICKEY
Definition of TICKEY
noun
A silver threepenny (2+⁄2 cents from 1961) bit (last minted 1964).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Dubious: Possibly from Malay tiga (“three”).
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.
TICKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 122, 19 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TICKEY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEIKTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TICKEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TICKEY?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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