The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WAVY
Definition of WAVY
adjective
Rising or swelling in waves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wave + -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.
WAVY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAVY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AVWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found WAVY?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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