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BOORISHLY

9 letters

Definition of BOORISHLY

adverb

In a boorish manner; uncultured.

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Other senses

BOORISHLY carries 2 further meanings.

  1. In a boorish manner.

  2. adverb

    like a boor,

Where it comes from

From boorish + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adverbcompound-ly

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

BOORISHLY in a sentence

“BRIDESMAIDS $34.98 BluRay combo or $29.98 DVD; Universal -- If watching chicks behave as boorishly as dudes is your idea of funny, then this flick is for you.”

Michael Giltz: DVDs: The King And Still Champ: "Citizen Kane", 2011

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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.

BOORISHLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 211 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 43 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
43
Boards found on
9
First board
144
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

clupshaw

on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BOORISHLY
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BOORISHLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BHILOORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start BOORIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BOORISHBOORISHNESSBOORISHNESSES

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