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GIRLY

/ˈɡɝli/5 letters

Definition of GIRLY

adjective

Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.

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Where it comes from

From girl + -y (adjectival sufix).

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective1 syllablecompound

Same root, GIRL · 12 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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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.

GIRLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 163
Its 14 boards, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
9
First board
161
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

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

GIRLY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GILRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found GIRLY?

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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