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ABRASIVELY
Definition of ABRASIVELY
adverb
In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.
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Where it comes from
From abrasive + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ABRASIVE · 1 relative 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.
ABRASIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ABRASIVELY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABEILRSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ABRASI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
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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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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