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DUBIOUSLY
Definition of DUBIOUSLY
adverb
In a dubious manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dubious + -ly.
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.
DUBIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DUBIOUSLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BDILOSUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start DUBIOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found DUBIOUSLY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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