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ALKY
Definition of ALKY
noun
Alternative spelling of alkie.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 87, 15 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ALKY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AKLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ALKY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALKY?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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