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NEXTLY
Definition of NEXTLY
adverb
In the next place; next.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From next + -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.
NEXTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEXTLY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELNTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found NEXTLY?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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