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ACTUALLY

/ˈæk(t)ʃᵿli/8 letters

Definition of ACTUALLY

adverb

In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English actually, actuelly, equivalent to actual + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ACTUALLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
110
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.

Built from these letters

ACTUALLY
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ACTUALLY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACLLTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start ACTUAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ACTUALACTUALSACTUALISEACTUALISTACTUALITEACTUALITYACTUALIZEACTUALISEDACTUALISESACTUALISTSACTUALITESACTUALIZED

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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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