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NAVVY
Definition of NAVVY
noun
A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of navigator, in reference to the navigation canals upon which these workers first toiled, + -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.
NAVVY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NAVVY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ANVVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NAVVY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NAVVY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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