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FELTY
Definition of FELTY
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or similar to felt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From felt + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FELT · 7 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FELTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FELTY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFLTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found FELTY?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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