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GREYS
Definition of GREYS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of grey
GRAY · via grey
adjective
Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
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Word DNA
GREYS inherits its ancestry from its root, GREY.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (362)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GREY · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GREYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GREYS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GREYS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GREYS?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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