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DUMMY
Definition of DUMMY
noun
A silent person; a person who does not talk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dumb + -y. Pacifier sense from dummy teat where dummy is in the sense of a nonfunctional replica.
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.
DUMMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUMMY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DMMUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DUMMY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DUMMY?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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