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YAWNY
Definition of YAWNY
adjective
Prone to yawning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From yawn + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, YAWN · 11 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.
YAWNY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YAWNY starts with Y and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ANWYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once.
Could you have found YAWNY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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