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EXPLOSIVELY
Definition of EXPLOSIVELY
adverb
In an explosive manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From explosive + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EXPLOSIVE · 1 relative 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.
EXPLOSIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPLOSIVELY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEILLOPSVXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXPLOSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPLOSIVELY?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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