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DUSKILY
Definition of DUSKILY
adverb
In a dusky manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dusky + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DUSK · 7 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUSKILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUSKILY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DIKLSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found DUSKILY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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