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INEFFECTUALLY
Definition of INEFFECTUALLY
adverb
In an ineffectual manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ineffectual + -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.
INEFFECTUALLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INEFFECTUALLY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFFILLNTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, F and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start INEFFECTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INEFFECTUALLY?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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