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FADEDLY
Definition of FADEDLY
adverb
In a faded manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From faded + -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.
FADEDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FADEDLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADDEFLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found FADEDLY?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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