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DESCRIPTIVELY
Definition of DESCRIPTIVELY
adverb
In a descriptive manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From descriptive + -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.
DESCRIPTIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 40, 29 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 62 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESCRIPTIVELY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIILPRSTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start DESCRIPTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DESCRIPTIVELY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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