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CLUMSILY
Definition of CLUMSILY
adverb
In a clumsy manner or way; without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From clumsy + -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.
CLUMSILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLUMSILY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CILLMSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLUMSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLUMSILY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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