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CONFUSEDLY
Definition of CONFUSEDLY
adverb
In a confused manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From confused + -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.
CONFUSEDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONFUSEDLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEFLNOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CONFUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found CONFUSEDLY?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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