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DANCY
Definition of DANCY
adjective
Ready to dance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dance + -y.
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.
DANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DANCY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found DANCY?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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