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WIFTY
Definition of WIFTY
adjective
Eccentric, silly, scatterbrained.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From *wift + -y. First element is of unknown origin.
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.
WIFTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WIFTY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FITWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found WIFTY?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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