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WOODY
Definition of WOODY
adjective
Covered in woods; wooded.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.
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.
WOODY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WOODY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DOOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WOODY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found WOODY?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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