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OWLISHLY

8 letters

Definition of OWLISHLY

adverb

In an owlish manner, especially with regard to looking.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From owlish + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OWLISHLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 110
Its one board, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

seabContributor

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OWLISHLY
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OWLISHLY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HILLOSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.

Words that start OWLISH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OWLISHOWLISHNESSOWLISHNESSES

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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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