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LOWLY
Definition of LOWLY
adjective
Not high; not elevated in place; low.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From low + -ly; compare Middle English lowly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LOW · 13 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOWLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
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
LOWLY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read LLOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LOWLY?
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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