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NORMALCY
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).
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.
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 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.
Could you have found NORMALCY?
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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