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OWLISHLY
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).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OWL · 15 relatives in the game
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.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Could you have found OWLISHLY?
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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