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UNLICKED
Definition of UNLICKED
adjective
Newborn (of an animal), not yet licked into shape; naïve, inexperienced, unrefined.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + licked.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNLICKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNLICKED starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEIKLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found UNLICKED?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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