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POESY
Definition of POESY
noun
A poem.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English poesie (Middle English po(esie) + -esy), from Middle French poesie, from Late Latin poesia, from earlier poēsis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis). Doublet of poiesis.
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.
POESY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POESY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start POESY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found POESY?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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