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SUBSIDY
Definition of SUBSIDY
noun
Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English subsidy, subsidie, from Anglo-Norman subsidee, subsidie, from Old French subside, from Latin subsidium (support, assistance), from subsido from sub- (“below”) + sīdō (“sit”).
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.
SUBSIDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 23 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 44 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
SUBSIDY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BDISSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SUBSID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBSIDY?
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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