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ROSY

/ˈɹəʊzi/4 letters

Definition of ROSY

adjective

Rose-coloured.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ROSY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 123
Its 2 boards, across 123 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
85
First board
100
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.

First found by a player on Day 100, 28 August 2026.

Built from these letters

ROSY
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ROSY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start ROSY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ROSYING

Could you have found ROSY?

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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.

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