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DROWSILY
Definition of DROWSILY
adverb
In a drowsy manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
DROWSILY carries 2 further meanings.
In a drowsy manner; sleepily; heavily: as, he drowsily raised his head.
Sluggishly; languidly; slothfully; lazily.
Where it comes from
From drowsy + -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.
DROWSILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DROWSILY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DILORSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DROWSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found DROWSILY?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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