The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GROOVILY
Definition of GROOVILY
adverb
In a groovy manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From groovy + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
GROOVILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GROOVILY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GILOORVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GROOVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GROOVILY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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