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IGNOBLY
Definition of IGNOBLY
adverb
in an ignoble manner
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
IGNOBLY carries 3 further meanings.
In an ignoble manner; unworthily; dishonorably; meanly; basely: as, ignobly born; the troops fled ignobly.
adverb
In an ignoble manner; basely.
adverb
in a currish manner; meanspiritedly
Where it comes from
From ignoble + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, IGNOBLE · 4 relatives 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.
IGNOBLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IGNOBLY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BGILNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of IGNOBLY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start IGNOBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found IGNOBLY?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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