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SPEEDY
Definition of SPEEDY
adjective
Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English spedy, spedi, from Old English spēdiġ (“having good speed, lucky, prosperous; having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth; rich in, abounding in, abundant, plenteous, copious; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *spōdigaz (“successful, hurried”), equivalent to speed + -y. Cognate with Scots speedy (“speedy”), Dutch spoedig (“speedy, swift, rapid, quick”), German sputig, spudig (“industrious, speedy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPEEDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 53, 12 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SPEEDY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEEPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found SPEEDY?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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