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AGENCY
Definition of AGENCY
noun
The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agēns (present participle of agere (“to act”)), agentis (cognate with French agence, see also agent).
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.
AGENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
AGENCY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEGNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found AGENCY?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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