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ABSURDLY
Definition of ABSURDLY
adverb
In an absurd fashion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From absurd + -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.
ABSURDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
ABSURDLY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABDLRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ABSURD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ABSURDLY?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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