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ANYBODY

/ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/7 letters

Definition of ANYBODY

pronoun

Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English ani-bodi, anybodi, eny body. By surface analysis, any + body.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

6.2%

of traced words share this origin (4,849)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

pronoun4 syllablescompound

Same root, ANYBODY · 1 relative in the game

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ANYBODY in OUTLIER

It has fitted 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 159
Its one board, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards it fitted
111
First board
48
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.

First ever to find it

danmacphotos

on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ANYBODY
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ANYBODY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABDNOYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once.

Words that start ANYBOD

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ANYBODY?

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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