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DESPICABLY
Definition of DESPICABLY
adverb
In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From despicable + -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.
DESPICABLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DESPICABLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEILPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DESPIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found DESPICABLY?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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