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OCCASIONALLY
Definition of OCCASIONALLY
adverb
On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English occasionally, occasionaly, occasyoneely, occasyonly, equivalent to occasional + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,052)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
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.
OCCASIONALLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCCASIONALLY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACCILLNOOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, C, A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OCCASION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCCASIONALLY?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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