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WINCEY
Definition of WINCEY
noun
linsey-woolsey
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots wincey, a clipping of linsey winsey, from Middle Scots linsiewinsie, assimilated variant of linsiwolsie (“linsey-woolsey”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (139)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WINCEY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WINCEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WINCEY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEINWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WINCEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WINCEY?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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