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WIRY

/ˈwaɪ(ə)ɹi/4 letters

Definition of WIRY

adjective

Resembling wire.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From wire + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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

WIRY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 16 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
22
First board
115
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.

Built from these letters

WIRY
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Could you have found WIRY?

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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