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TIKAS
Definition of TIKAS
noun
plural of tika
TILAK · via tika
noun
A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status.
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Word DNA
TIKAS inherits its ancestry from its root, TILAK.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (749)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TILAK · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TIKAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TIKAS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIKST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found TIKAS?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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