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EXTRANEOUSLY
Definition of EXTRANEOUSLY
adverb
In an extraneous manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From extraneous + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EXTRANEOUS · 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.
EXTRANEOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 122 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXTRANEOUSLY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEELNORSTUXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXTRANEO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXTRANEOUSLY?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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