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DEVIANTLY
Definition of DEVIANTLY
adverb
In a way that departs from what is usual, expected, or socially accepted.
Where it comes from
From deviant + -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.
DEVIANTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 130, 27 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 130, 27 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DEVIANTLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEILNTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEVIAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEVIANTLY?
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 130 - and most players walked straight past it.
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