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DECEIVINGLY
Definition of DECEIVINGLY
adverb
In a deceiving manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deceiving + -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.
DECEIVINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECEIVINGLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEEGIILNVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start DECEIVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECEIVINGLY?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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