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DINKY
Definition of DINKY
adjective
Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -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.
DINKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DINKY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DIKNY - 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 10
Could you have found DINKY?
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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