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BASTARDLY
Definition of BASTARDLY
adjective
Having been born out of marriage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bastard + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BASTARDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BASTARDLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABDLRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BASTAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BASTARDLY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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