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FATHERLY
Definition of FATHERLY
adjective
Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English faderly, from Old English fæderlīċ (“fatherly, paternal”), from Proto-West Germanic *faderlīk, from Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz (“fatherly, paternal”), equivalent to father + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian faderlik (“fatherly”), Dutch vaderlijk (“fatherly”), German väterlich (“fatherly”), Danish faderlig (“fatherly”), Swedish faderlig (“fatherly”), Icelandic föðurlegur (“fatherly”). Doublet of fatherlike.
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.
FATHERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FATHERLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEFHLRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FATHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found FATHERLY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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