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HERBACEOUSLY
Definition of HERBACEOUSLY
adverb
In a herbaceous manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From herbaceous + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HERBACEOUS · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HERBACEOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERBACEOUSLY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEHLORSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found HERBACEOUSLY?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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