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FAVOURINGLY
Definition of FAVOURINGLY
adverb
In a favouring way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From favouring + -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.
FAVOURINGLY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAVOURINGLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFGILNORUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FAVOURI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found FAVOURINGLY?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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