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DILLY
Definition of DILLY
adjective
Redolent of dill (the herb).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dill + -y.
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.
DILLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DILLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DILLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DILLY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DILLY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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