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NEFARIOUSLY
Definition of NEFARIOUSLY
adverb
In a nefarious manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nefarious + -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.
NEFARIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NEFARIOUSLY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEFILNORSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found NEFARIOUSLY?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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