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TICKLED
Definition of TICKLED
verb
simple past and past participle of tickle
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Word DNA
TICKLED inherits its ancestry from its root, TICKLE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,908)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TICKLE · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TICKLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TICKLED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEIKLT - 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 23
Could you have found TICKLED?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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