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ACCOY
Definition of ACCOY
verb
To soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French acoyer, from coy (“quiet, calm”). By surface analysis, a- + coy.
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.
ACCOY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 111, 8 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ACCOY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACCOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ACCOY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACCOY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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