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CRESSY
Definition of CRESSY
adjective
Abounding in cresses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cress + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRESS · 2 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.
CRESSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRESSY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CERSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CRESSY?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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