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HEAVENLY
Definition of HEAVENLY
adjective
Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”).
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.
HEAVENLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 186 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEAVENLY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEEHLNVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEAVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found HEAVENLY?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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