The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GROOVIES
Definition of GROOVIES
noun
plural of groovy
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Word DNA
GROOVIES inherits its ancestry from its root, GROOVY.
How it is built
Same root, GROOVY · 1 relative 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.
GROOVIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 142, 9 October 2026.
Built from these letters
GROOVIES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGIOORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GROOVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GROOVIES?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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