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BROKENLY
Definition of BROKENLY
adverb
In a broken manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From broken + -ly.
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.
BROKENLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROKENLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BEKLNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BROKEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BROKENLY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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