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CRANKILY
Definition of CRANKILY
adverb
In a cranky manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cranky + -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.
CRANKILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
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Built from these letters
CRANKILY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACIKLNRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRANKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found CRANKILY?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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