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CONTESTABLY
Definition of CONTESTABLY
adverb
Such that it can be contested or challenged.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From contestable + -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.
CONTESTABLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CONTESTABLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCELNOSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start CONTEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTESTABLY?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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