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OAKY
Definition of OAKY
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the oak tree or its wood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oak + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OAK · 8 relatives 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.
OAKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OAKY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AKOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found OAKY?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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