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EARTHLY
Definition of EARTHLY
adjective
Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven or the heavens.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”).
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.
EARTHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EARTHLY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEHLRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EARTHL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EARTHLY?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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