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TICKLE
Definition of TICKLE
noun
The act of tickling.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English tiklen, tikelen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative form of Middle English tikken (“to touch lightly”), thus equivalent to tick + -le; or perhaps related to Old English tinclian (“to tickle”). Compare North Frisian tigele (“to tickle”) (Hallig dialect), and tiikle (“to tickle”) (Amrum dialect), German dialectal zicklen (“to excite; stir up”). Alternatively, from a metathetic alteration of Middle English kitelen ("to tickle"; see kittle). Both are ultimately sound-symbolic.
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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.
TICKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TICKLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIKLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TICKLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found TICKLE?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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