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GRADELY
Definition of GRADELY
adjective
decent, well-meaning, respectable
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier graithly, from Middle English graythely, greiþli, greiðlic, from Old Norse greiðligr, equivalent to graith + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (824)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRADELY · 1 relative 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.
GRADELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRADELY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEGLRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRADEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found GRADELY?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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