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CAGEY
Definition of CAGEY
adjective
Wary, careful, shrewd.
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Where it comes from
Initially US colloquial, of unknown origin. A connection with the behavior of caged prisoners (wary and closed-lipped) and caged animals (wary) has been speculated. If so, by surface analysis, cage + -y.
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.
CAGEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CAGEY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEGY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAGEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found CAGEY?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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