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DUCKY
Definition of DUCKY
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a duck.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From duck (“aquatic bird”) + -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.
DUCKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DUCKY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDKUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found DUCKY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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