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PEREMPTORILY

/pəˈɹɛmpt(ə)ɹəli/12 letters

Definition of PEREMPTORILY

adverb

In a peremptory manner; in a commanding tone, brooking no delay.

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Where it comes from

From peremptory + -ly.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adverb5 syllablescompound-ly

Same root, PEREMPTORY · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

PEREMPTORILY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 177
Its one board, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
152
First board
25
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.

Built from these letters

PEREMPTORILY
12
Letters
4
Vowels
8
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PEREMPTORILY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEILMOPPRRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, E and R appear more than once.

Words that start PEREMPTO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PEREMPTORYPEREMPTORINESS

Could you have found PEREMPTORILY?

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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.

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