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LOONY
Definition of LOONY
adjective
Insane.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortened from lunatic, and likely also from loon ("rascal", and also the bird) + -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.
LOONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LOONY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read LNOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found LOONY?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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