The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GROOVY
Definition of GROOVY
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or having grooves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From groove + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GROOVE · 7 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.
GROOVY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 107 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GROOVY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GOORVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found GROOVY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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