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ABASHEDLY
Definition of ABASHEDLY
adverb
In an abashed manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From abashed + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABASHEDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABASHEDLY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABDEHLSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ABASHEDLY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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