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NIGHLY
Definition of NIGHLY
adverb
Nearly; nigh.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nigh + -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.
NIGHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
NIGHLY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GHILNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found NIGHLY?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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