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CONTAGIOUSLY
Definition of CONTAGIOUSLY
adverb
In a contagious manner
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From contagious + -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.
CONTAGIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTAGIOUSLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACGILNOOSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CONTAGIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found CONTAGIOUSLY?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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