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FOODY
Definition of FOODY
adjective
Eatable; fit for food or consumption.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From food + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FOODY · 1 relative 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.
FOODY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOODY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DFOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found FOODY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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