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MISTAKENLY
Definition of MISTAKENLY
adverb
Wrongly; erroneously.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mistaken + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MISTAKENLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISTAKENLY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEIKLMNSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MISTAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISTAKENLY?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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