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WOOSY
Definition of WOOSY
adjective
oozy; wet
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *wosy, equivalent to ooze + -y. Cognate with Old Frisian wasie (“miry”). More at ooze.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,144)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WOOSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOOSY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read OOSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found WOOSY?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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