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MISERLY
Definition of MISERLY
adjective
Like a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From miser + -ly, attested from the 1540s.
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.
MISERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 151 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 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 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MISERLY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILMRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 MISERL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found MISERLY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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