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LOONY

/ˈluːni/5 letters

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).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 12 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
20
First board
106
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.

Built from these letters

LOONY
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

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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