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WINDY

/ˈwɪn.di/5 letters

Definition of WINDY

adjective

Accompanied by wind.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English windy, from Old English windiġ (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiendich (“windy”), West Frisian winich (“windy”), Dutch winderig (“windy”), German Low German windig (“windy”), German windig (“windy”), Swedish vindig (“windy”), Icelandic vindugur (“windy”). The “frightened” sense probably derives from the phrase have the wind up.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WINDY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 34 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
34
Boards found on
10
First board
109
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.

Built from these letters

WINDY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WINDY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DINWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.

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