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WUSSY

/ˈwʊsi/5 letters

Definition of WUSSY

adjective

Weak or timid.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

1960s: probably an alteration of pussy, perhaps a blend of wimp + pussy, or short for pussy-wussy (reduplication of pussy). Compare later wuss.

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.

WUSSY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its one board, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

thefathistorian

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

Built from these letters

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

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

Could you have found WUSSY?

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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