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DRIFTINGLY
Definition of DRIFTINGLY
adverb
In a way that drifts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From drifting + -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.
DRIFTINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DRIFTINGLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DFGIILNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DRIFTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found DRIFTINGLY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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