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COURTEOUSLY
Definition of COURTEOUSLY
adverb
In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English curteisly, curteisliche; equivalent to courteous + -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
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,319)
branch · 22.3% 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.
COURTEOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COURTEOUSLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CELOORSTUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.
Words that start COURTEO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found COURTEOUSLY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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