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EASTWARDLY
Definition of EASTWARDLY
adjective
Towards the east.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From eastward + -ly.
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.
EASTWARDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EASTWARDLY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADELRSTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found EASTWARDLY?
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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