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PASSINGLY
Definition of PASSINGLY
adverb
Synonym of in passing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From passing + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
PASSINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PASSINGLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGILNPSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PASSIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PASSINGLY?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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