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DIMLY

/ˈdɪmli/5 letters

Definition of DIMLY

adverb

In a dim manner; not clearly.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From dim + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DIMLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 5 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
65
First board
119
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

idbeyourwifePATRON

on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIMLY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DIMLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DILMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found DIMLY?

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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.

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