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FIENDISHLY
Definition of FIENDISHLY
adverb
In a fiendish manner; evilly, wickedly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fiendish + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIENDISHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FIENDISHLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEFHIILNSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FIENDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FIENDISHLY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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