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RESIDENCY
Definition of RESIDENCY
noun
The condition of being a resident of a particular place.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From reside + -ency or resident + -cy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RESIDE · 4 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.
RESIDENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RESIDENCY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEEINRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start RESIDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found RESIDENCY?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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