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IMPROVABLY
Definition of IMPROVABLY
adverb
So as to permit improvement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From improvable + -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.
IMPROVABLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 70, 29 July 2026.
Built from these letters
IMPROVABLY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABILMOPRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start IMPROV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMPROVABLY?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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