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COMMENDABLY
Definition of COMMENDABLY
adverb
In a commendable manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From late Middle English commendably; equivalent to commendable + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,164)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
COMMENDABLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMMENDABLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCDELMMNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COMMEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMMENDABLY?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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