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CURIOUSLY
Definition of CURIOUSLY
adverb
In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English curiusly, curyously, curiosly, curiouseliche, curyouslyche, equivalent to curious + -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.
CURIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CURIOUSLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CILORSUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start CURIOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found CURIOUSLY?
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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