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DWARFISHLY
Definition of DWARFISHLY
adverb
In a dwarfish manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
DWARFISHLY carries a second meaning.
Like a dwarf; in a dwarfish manner.
Where it comes from
From dwarfish + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DWARF · 16 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.
DWARFISHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DWARFISHLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADFHILRSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DWARFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found DWARFISHLY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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