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WOODSY
Definition of WOODSY
adjective
Of, relating to, or suggestive of a wooded area.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From woods + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives), to distinguish the word from woody (“made of wood, or having wood-like properties, etc.”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WOOD · 17 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.
WOODSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOODSY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DOOSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found WOODSY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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