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GHOSTY
Definition of GHOSTY
adjective
ghostly
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ghost + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian gäistich, West Frisian geastich, Dutch geestig, German geistig.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GHOSTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GHOSTY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GHOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found GHOSTY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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