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WITHY
Definition of WITHY
noun
An osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Old English wīþiġ.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WITHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WITHY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HITWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WITHY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found WITHY?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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