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OPERABLY
Definition of OPERABLY
adverb
Such that it allows an operation to take place.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From operable + -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.
OPERABLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPERABLY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABELOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OPERAB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPERABLY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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