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GAMMY
Definition of GAMMY
adjective
Injured, or not functioning properly (with respect to legs).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Origin obscure and uncertain. Possibly from the English dialectal (North Midlands) adjective game (“lame”), Welsh cam (“crooked”), or from Irish cam (“bent”), by way of Shelta. Compare also Old Occitan gambi (“lame, limping”), related to Old Occitan gamba (“leg”) (see also French jambe (“leg”), English gam (“leg”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (356)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAMMY · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, Old Occitan.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAMMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAMMY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGMMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found GAMMY?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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