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DEFACINGLY
Definition of DEFACINGLY
adverb
So as to deface.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From defacing + -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.
DEFACINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DEFACINGLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFGILNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found DEFACINGLY?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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