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HOARSELY
Definition of HOARSELY
adverb
With a dry, harsh voice.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hosely; equivalent to hoarse + -ly.
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.
HOARSELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOARSELY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEHLORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOARSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found HOARSELY?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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