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CAPTIOUSLY
Definition of CAPTIOUSLY
adverb
In a captious manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From captious + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAPTIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPTIOUSLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACILOPSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAPTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPTIOUSLY?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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