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DEFICIENTLY
Definition of DEFICIENTLY
adverb
In a deficient manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deficient + -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.
DEFICIENTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFICIENTLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEEFIILNTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start DEFICIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFICIENTLY?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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