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INFECTIOUSLY

12 letters

Definition of INFECTIOUSLY

adverb

In an infectious manner.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From infectious + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adverbcompound-ly

Same root, INFECTIOUS · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

INFECTIOUSLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 23 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
23
Boards found on
35
First board
156
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

ava

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INFECTIOUSLY
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
11
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

INFECTIOUSLY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEFIILNOSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start INFECTIO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INFECTIONINFECTIONSINFECTIOUSINFECTIOUSNESS

Could you have found INFECTIOUSLY?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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