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SULKY
Definition of SULKY
adjective
silent and withdrawn after being upset
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See sulk. The vehicle is so called as it obliges the rider to be alone, as though sulking.
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.
SULKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SULKY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read KLSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SULKY?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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