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WINKY
Definition of WINKY
adjective
Tending to wink; winking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wink + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WINK · 6 relatives 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.
WINKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WINKY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read IKNWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found WINKY?
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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