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GLITCHY
Definition of GLITCHY
adjective
Prone to glitches.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From glitch + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GLITCH · 4 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.
GLITCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GLITCHY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CGHILTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GLITCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found GLITCHY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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