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FAILINGLY

9 letters

Definition of FAILINGLY

adverb

In a failing manner.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From failing + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
117
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

jedwardcooper

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FAILINGLY
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FAILINGLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFGIILLNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and L appear more than once.

Words that start FAILIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FAILINGLY?

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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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