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GROUNDY
Definition of GROUNDY
adjective
Of or relating to the ground; earthly
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English groundi, equivalent to ground + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,155)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GROUNDY · 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.
GROUNDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GROUNDY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DGNORUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GROUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GROUNDY?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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