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MESSY
Definition of MESSY
adjective
In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mess + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MESSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MESSY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EMSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found MESSY?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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