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WINTERY
Definition of WINTERY
adjective
Nonstandard form of wintry.
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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.
WINTERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WINTERY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EINRTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WINTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found WINTERY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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