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ALLOY
Definition of ALLOY
noun
A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French alloy, aloy, from Old French aloi, from aloiier, from Latin alligō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALLOY · 3 relatives 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.
ALLOY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ALLOY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALLOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 ALLOY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALLOY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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