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CRUDELY
Definition of CRUDELY
adverb
In a crude manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From crude + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRUDE · 6 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.
CRUDELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CRUDELY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDELRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CRUDELY?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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