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YANKEE

/ˈjæŋ.ki/6 letters

Definition of YANKEE

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Yankee of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

YANKEE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its 15 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
10
First board
112
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.

Built from these letters

YANKEE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start YANKEE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.

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