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WICKLESS
Definition of WICKLESS
adjective
That does not have a wick.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wick + -less.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WICK · 13 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.
WICKLESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
WICKLESS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIKLSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found WICKLESS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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