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GLEAMY
Definition of GLEAMY
adjective
shiny, bright, glowing
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gleam + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GLEAM · 8 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.
GLEAMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLEAMY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGLMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found GLEAMY?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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