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TOCK
Definition of TOCK
noun
A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
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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.
TOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TOCK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TOCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found TOCK?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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