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ANIMATELY
Definition of ANIMATELY
adverb
In an animate manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From animate + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ANIMATE · 5 relatives 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.
ANIMATELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANIMATELY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAEILMNTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ANIMAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ANIMATELY?
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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