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CRAWLY
Definition of CRAWLY
adjective
Crawling around.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From crawl + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRAWL · 7 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRAWLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAWLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACLRWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found CRAWLY?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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