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LINTY
Definition of LINTY
adjective
Covered with lint.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lint + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LINT · 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.
LINTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LINTY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ILNTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found LINTY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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