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PAINFULLY
Definition of PAINFULLY
adverb
In a painful manner; as if in pain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -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.
PAINFULLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 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
PAINFULLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFILLNPUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PAINFU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAINFULLY?
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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