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BRUTISHLY
Definition of BRUTISHLY
adverb
In a brutish manner.
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Other senses
BRUTISHLY carries 2 further meanings.
In a brutish manner; grossly; irrationally; stupidly; savagely.
adverb
in an inhumane manner
Where it comes from
From brutish + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
BRUTISHLY in a sentence
“The beleaguered regimes also vary widely, from the mildly authoritarian in Morocco to the brutishly totalitarian in Libya.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRUTISHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRUTISHLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BHILRSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRUTIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found BRUTISHLY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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