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WISECRACK
Definition of WISECRACK
noun
A witty or sarcastic comment or quip.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wise + crack.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WISECRACK · 1 relative 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.
WISECRACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
WISECRACK starts with W and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACCEIKRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start WISECR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WISECRACK?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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