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DAMPY

/ˈdæmpi/5 letters

Definition of DAMPY

adjective

Somewhat damp.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From damp + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DAMPY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
62
First board
72
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.

First ever to find it

jadyngsky

on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DAMPY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DAMPY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADMPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found DAMPY?

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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.

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