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DUNCELY
Definition of DUNCELY
adjective
Like, characteristic of, or pertaining to a dunce or dunces.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dunce + -ly (adjectival suffix).
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.
DUNCELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 168, 4 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUNCELY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDELNUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DUNCELY?
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 168 - and most players walked straight past it.
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