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FAINTLY
Definition of FAINTLY
adverb
In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English feintli, feintliche, equivalent to faint + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAINTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FAINTLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFILNTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FAINTLY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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