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MEAGERLY
Definition of MEAGERLY
adverb
In a meager way; poorly; inadequately.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From meager + -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.
MEAGERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 114 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MEAGERLY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLMRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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.
Words that start MEAGER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found MEAGERLY?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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