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LIKELY
Definition of LIKELY
adjective
Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English likely, likly, lykly, likliche, from Old English ġelīclīċ (“suitable”) and Old Norse líkligr (“likely”) (probably independent formations), equivalent to like + -ly (adjectival suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (851)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LIKELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIKELY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EIKLLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Could you have found LIKELY?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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