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EXTERNALLY

10 letters

Definition of EXTERNALLY

adverb

On the surface or the outside.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From external + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adverbcompound-ly

Same root, EXTERNAL · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EXTERNALLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
131
First board
39
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.

First ever to find it

katie_the_nerd

on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EXTERNALLY
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EXTERNALLY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEELLNRTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start EXTERN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EXTERNEXTERNEEXTERNSEXTERNALEXTERNATEXTERNESEXTERNALSEXTERNATSEXTERNSHIPEXTERNALISEEXTERNALISMEXTERNALIST

Could you have found EXTERNALLY?

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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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