The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FORMERLY
Definition of FORMERLY
adverb
at some time in the past
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From former + -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.
FORMERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORMERLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFLMORRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start FORMER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORMERLY?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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