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SAMEY

/ˈseɪmi/5 letters

Definition of SAMEY

adjective

Exhibiting sameness, without variety; monotonous.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From same + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

SAMEY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 143
Its one board, across 143 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
112
First board
31
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.

Built from these letters

SAMEY
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SAMEY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEMSY - 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.

Words that start SAMEY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SAMEYNESSSAMEYNESSES

Could you have found SAMEY?

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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.

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