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THYMY
Definition of THYMY
adjective
Alternative spelling of thymey.
THYMEY
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the herb thyme; having the aroma or flavour of thyme.
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Word DNA
THYMY inherits its ancestry from its root, THYME.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, THYME · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THYMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THYMY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HMTYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found THYMY?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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