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GAMEY
Definition of GAMEY
adjective
Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From game + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GAME · 15 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.
GAMEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAMEY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GAMEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found GAMEY?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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