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NIFTY
Definition of NIFTY
adjective
Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From *nift + -y. First element is of unknown origin. Possibly theatrical slang, as a shortened, altered form of Magnificat. Alternatively, perhaps a special use of US regional niffed (“put off, peeved”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NIFTY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NIFTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
NIFTY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FINTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found NIFTY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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