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GREATLY
Definition of GREATLY
adverb
To a great extent or degree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English gretly. By surface analysis, great + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,790)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
GREATLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GREATLY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGLRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found GREATLY?
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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