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WRISTLOCKS
Definition of WRISTLOCKS
noun
plural of wristlock
noun
A wrestling hold in which the opponent is immobilized by having their wrist tightly held.
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Word DNA
WRISTLOCKS inherits its ancestry from its root, WRISTLOCK.
How it is built
Same root, WRISTLOCK · 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.
WRISTLOCKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WRISTLOCKS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIKLORSSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start WRISTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WRISTLOCKS?
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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