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TWINKLY
Definition of TWINKLY
adjective
that twinkles
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From twinkle + -y.
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.
TWINKLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TWINKLY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read IKLNTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TWINKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found TWINKLY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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