The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WICKER
Definition of WICKER
noun
A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wiker, cognate with Old Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak.
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.
WICKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 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 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WICKER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIKRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WICKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found WICKER?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER