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WITTY

/ˈwɪti/5 letters

Definition of WITTY

adjective

Clever; amusingly ingenious.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English witty, witti, from Old English wittiġ, witiġ, ġewittiġ (“clever, wise”), from Proto-West Germanic *witīg, *witag, from Proto-Germanic *witagaz, *wītagaz (“knowing, wise, clever”), equivalent to wit + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German wittich, gewittich (“knowing, clever, wise, understanding”), German witzig (“funny, witty”), Norwegian Bokmål vettig, Norwegian Nynorsk vittig (“witty”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

WITTY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its one board, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

pnwpixie

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WITTY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WITTY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ITTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found WITTY?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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