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DINKEY
Definition of DINKEY
noun
A small locomotive, especially with a switch engine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1840-50; noun use of dinky; see -ey.
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.
DINKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DINKEY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEIKNY - 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.
Words that start DINKEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found DINKEY?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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