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CLINKY
Definition of CLINKY
adjective
Clinking; making a clinking sound, like glass on glass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From clink + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CLINK · 10 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.
CLINKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 169, 5 November 2026.
Built from these letters
CLINKY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CIKLNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CLINKY?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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