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DESPAIRINGLY
Definition of DESPAIRINGLY
adverb
In a despairing manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From despairing + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DESPAIRINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 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
DESPAIRINGLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEGIILNPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DESPAIRINGLY?
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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