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NERDY

/ˈnɜː(ɹ)di/5 letters

Definition of NERDY

adjective

Being or like a nerd.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From nerd + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

NERDY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 3 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
59
First board
102
Latest board
31
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

carlagrrrl

on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

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

Could you have found NERDY?

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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.

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