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CROOKEDLY
Definition of CROOKEDLY
adverb
In a crooked manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From crooked + -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.
CROOKEDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROOKEDLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEKLOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CROOKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found CROOKEDLY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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