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FAMOUSLY
Definition of FAMOUSLY
adverb
(Can we add an example for this sense?) In a celebrated manner.
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Where it comes from
From famous + -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.
FAMOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAMOUSLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFLMOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FAMOUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FAMOUSLY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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