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OUTWARDLY
Definition of OUTWARDLY
adverb
Externally or on the outside, or on the surface.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English outwardly, outwardli, utwardliche, equivalent to outward + -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
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% 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.
OUTWARDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTWARDLY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADLORTUWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTWAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found OUTWARDLY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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