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YELLOWY
Definition of YELLOWY
adjective
Somewhat yellow; yellowish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From yellow + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, YELLOW · 8 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.
YELLOWY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.
Built from these letters
YELLOWY starts with Y and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELLOWYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start YELLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found YELLOWY?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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