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FIGURATELY
Definition of FIGURATELY
adverb
Figuratively, in a figurative manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From figurate + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FIGURE · 10 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIGURATELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
FIGURATELY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEFGILRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FIGURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found FIGURATELY?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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