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DEVIOUSLY
Definition of DEVIOUSLY
adverb
In a devious manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From devious + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEVIOUS · 1 relative in the game
DEVIOUSLY in a sentence
“Mystery-solving readers will ignore the European words ..... giggle over Fletcher's disguise and grin deviously when the cast of suspects line up on stage for the grand inquisition.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEVIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 194 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEVIOUSLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEILOSUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEVIOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found DEVIOUSLY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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