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GREEDILY
Definition of GREEDILY
adverb
In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gredyly, gredily, from Old English grǣdiglīce, grǣdelīce; equivalent to greedy + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,042)
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.
GREEDILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 57, 16 July 2026.
Built from these letters
GREEDILY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEEGILRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GREEDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found GREEDILY?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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