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FUTZY

/ˈfʌtzi/5 letters

Definition of FUTZY

adjective

Frivolous; experimental, using trial and error; hackish.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From futz + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

Same root, FUTZ · 6 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FUTZY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 171
Its 2 boards, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
160
First board
165
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

eleanor

on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FUTZY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FUTZY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FTUYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Could you have found FUTZY?

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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.

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