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NODDY
Definition of NODDY
noun
A silly or stupid person; a fool, an idiot.
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Where it comes from
Noun sense 1 is possibly from nod (“to incline the head up and down; to gradually fall asleep”) + -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns or familiar names); or a shortening of noddypoll, an obsolete alteration of hoddypoll (“fumbling, inept person”). The origin of noun sense 2 is uncertain; it is possibly derived from sense 1. Compare muggins (“fool, idiot; card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one’s cards”). The origin of the adjective is uncertain; it is possibly also from nod (verb) + -y (suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). The verb is derived from noun sense 1.
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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.
NODDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 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
NODDY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DDNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found NODDY?
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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