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SHOWY

/ˈʃəʊ.i/5 letters

Definition of SHOWY

adjective

Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From show (noun) + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

SHOWY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 121
Its 17 boards, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
24
First board
121
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

problemily

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SHOWY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start SHOWY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SHOWYARDSHOWYARDS

Could you have found SHOWY?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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