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PENSIVELY
Definition of PENSIVELY
adverb
In a thoughtful or reflective manner.
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Other senses
PENSIVELY carries 3 further meanings.
In a pensive manner; with melancholy thoughtfulness; with seriousness or some degree of melancholy.
adverb
In a pensive manner.
adverb
in a pensive manner
Where it comes from
From pensive + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PENSIVE · 1 relative 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.
PENSIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENSIVELY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEILNPSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PENSIVELY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start PENSIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found PENSIVELY?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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