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HAPPY

/ˈhæpi/5 letters

Definition of HAPPY

adjective

Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), possibly related to or from Old Norse heppinn (“fortunate, happy”); and potentially assimilated to be equivalent to hap (“chance, luck, fortune”) + -y. Compare also Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”), Faroese heppin (“fortunate, lucky, happy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heppen (“lucky”), Scots happin (“fortunate, blessed”). See further at hap.

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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.

HAPPY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 118
Its 2 boards, across 118 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
110
First board
117
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

sarahkeappock

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HAPPY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HAPPY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHPPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start HAPPY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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