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MENDACIOUSLY

/mɛnˈdeɪʃəsli/12 letters

Definition of MENDACIOUSLY

adverb

In a lying or deceitful manner.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From mendacious + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MENDACIOUSLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 14 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
69
First board
102
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 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 69, 28 July 2026.

Built from these letters

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

MENDACIOUSLY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILMNOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start MENDACIO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

MENDACIOUSMENDACIOUSNESS

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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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.

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