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AWFULLY

/ˈɔː.fʊ.li/7 letters

Definition of AWFULLY

adverb

Badly, terribly.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From awful + -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.

AWFULLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its one board, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
110
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

rita46124

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

AWFULLY
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start AWFULL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

AWFULLERAWFULLEST

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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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