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MILDLY

/ˈmaɪldli/6 letters

Definition of MILDLY

adverb

In a mild manner.

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Where it comes from

From mild + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adverb2 syllablescompound-ly

Same root, MILD · 5 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MILDLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
161
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

chizster

on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MILDLY
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MILDLY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DILLMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.

Could you have found MILDLY?

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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.

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