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TWIRLY
Definition of TWIRLY
adjective
Coiled or curly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From twirl + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TWIRLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TWIRLY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ILRTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found TWIRLY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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