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HEINOUSLY
Definition of HEINOUSLY
adverb
In a heinous manner.
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Other senses
HEINOUSLY carries 2 further meanings.
In a heinous manner; hatefully; abominably; enormously.
adverb
in a terribly evil manner
Where it comes from
From heinous + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEINOUS · 1 relative in the game
HEINOUSLY in a sentence
“Dan Neil reviews the Porsche 911 GTS, which he describes as heinously quick (4.0 seconds to 60 mph) and vulgarly fast (190 mph) as well as something of a personal fashion statement.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEINOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEINOUSLY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHILNOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HEINOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found HEINOUSLY?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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