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GUNKY
Definition of GUNKY
adjective
greasy, messy or dirty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gunk + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUNKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 157 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GUNKY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GKNUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GUNKY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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