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YONKS
Definition of YONKS
noun
A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown. First seen in print around 1960. One theory is that it comes from donkey's ears; another is that it is an abbreviation of years, months and weeks.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YONKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 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 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
YONKS starts with Y and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read KNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found YONKS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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