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HOPEFULLY
Definition of HOPEFULLY
adverb
In a hopeful manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hopeful + -ly. The use as a sentence adverb first gained currency in the United States and has been explained as a possible calque of German hoffentlich.
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.
HOPEFULLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOPEFULLY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFHLLOPUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOPEFU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOPEFULLY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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