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LAMENTEDLY
Definition of LAMENTEDLY
adverb
In a way that is lamented.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lamented + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LAMENT · 6 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.
LAMENTEDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAMENTEDLY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEELLMNTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once.
Words that start LAMENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAMENTEDLY?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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