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BITTERLY
Definition of BITTERLY
adverb
In a bitter manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bitterli, biterli, biterliche, from Old English biterlīċe, bitterlīċe (“bitterly”), equivalent to bitter + -ly. Cognate with German Low German bitterlik (“bitterly”), German bitterlich (“bitterly”), Swedish bitterligen (“bitterly”).
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.
BITTERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BITTERLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BEILRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BITTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BITTERLY?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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