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FICTIVELY
Definition of FICTIVELY
adverb
In a fictive manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fictive + -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.
FICTIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
FICTIVELY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEFIILTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FICTIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FICTIVELY?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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