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CLOWNY
Definition of CLOWNY
noun
Someone who acts in a clownlike manner. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Where it comes from
From clown + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CLOWN · 9 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.
CLOWNY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOWNY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CLNOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CLOWNY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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