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YOLKY

5 letters

Definition of YOLKY

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of yolk.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From yolk + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound

Same root, YOLK · 9 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

YOLKY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its one board, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
167
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

exohsuzy

on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

YOLKY starts with Y and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read KLOYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once.

Could you have found YOLKY?

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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