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TIDY

/ˈtaɪ.di/4 letters

Definition of TIDY

adjective

Arranged neatly and in order.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian tiedig (“timely, early”), Dutch tijdig (“timely”), German Low German tiedig (“timely”), German zeitig (“seasonal, timely”), Danish tidig (“timely”), Swedish tidig (“timely”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TIDY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its 8 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
25
First board
106
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

TIDY
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TIDY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DITY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start TIDY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TIDYINGTIDYTIPS

Could you have found TIDY?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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