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POPSY
Definition of POPSY
noun
Grandfather.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pop + -sy (hypocoristic suffix), compare pops.
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.
POPSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
POPSY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read OPPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
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 POPSY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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