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CLAY
Definition of CLAY
noun
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English cley, clay, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz (“clay”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- (“to glue, paste, stick together”). Cognate with Dutch klei (“clay”), Low German Klei (“clay”), German Klei, Danish klæg (“clay”); compare Ancient Greek γλία (glía), Latin glūten (“glue”) (whence ultimately English glue), Russian глина (glina, “clay”). Related also to clag, clog.
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.
CLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
CLAY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CLAY?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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