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CARESSIVELY
Definition of CARESSIVELY
adverb
In a caressive manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From caressive + -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.
CARESSIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARESSIVELY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILRSSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CARESSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARESSIVELY?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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