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WITHERY
Definition of WITHERY
adjective
Somewhat withered.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wither + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WITH · 8 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.
WITHERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
WITHERY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHIRTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WITHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WITHERY?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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