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BRITTLELY
Definition of BRITTLELY
adverb
In a brittle way, shattering easily under stress.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From brittle + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BRITTLE · 7 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.
BRITTLELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 166, 2 November 2026.
Built from these letters
BRITTLELY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BEILLRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BRITTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BRITTLELY?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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