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MOLDY

/ˈmoʊldi/5 letters

Definition of MOLDY

adjective

Covered with mold.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From mold + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

MOLDY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 10 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
10
First board
99
Latest board
48
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.

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Built from these letters

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

MOLDY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DLMOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.

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