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SPIFFY
Definition of SPIFFY
adjective
Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance.
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Where it comes from
Unknown. Attested in print from 1852 (see quotations below). Compare the noun spiff, attested from 1859, as well as spiffing (1872) and spiffed (1881), suggesting participle forms of a related verb. Compare also spiv (“a smartly-dressed criminal”), attested from the 20th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPIFFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPIFFY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FFIPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPIFFY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPIFFY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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