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GRITTY

/ˈɡɹɪti/6 letters

Definition of GRITTY

adjective

Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From grit + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GRITTY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its 2 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
106
First board
117
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.

Built from these letters

GRITTY
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GRITTY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GIRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found GRITTY?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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