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TICS
Definition of TICS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of tic
TIC
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Tira.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TICS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found TICS?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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