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ABJECTLY
Definition of ABJECTLY
adverb
In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English abjectli (“with great humility”), from abject (“outcast, rejected; wretched; humble, lowly; of poor quality, worthless; menial”) + -li (suffix forming adverbs); analysable as abject + -ly.
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.
ABJECTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ABJECTLY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCEJLTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ABJECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found ABJECTLY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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