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NORMALCY

/ˈnɔɹməlsi/8 letters

Definition of NORMALCY

noun

The state of being geometrically normal, at a right angle.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From normal + -cy. The original sense was mathematical. The broader sense was popularized in the United States by its use by President Warren G. Harding.[1]

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

NORMALCY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 95
Its 6 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
34
First board
89
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.

Built from these letters

NORMALCY
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start NORMAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

NORMALNORMALSNORMALLYNORMALISENORMALITYNORMALIZENORMALCIESNORMALISEDNORMALISERNORMALISESNORMALIZEDNORMALIZER

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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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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