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DESPERATELY
Definition of DESPERATELY
adverb
In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From desperate + -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.
DESPERATELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DESPERATELY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEEELPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DESPERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESPERATELY?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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