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PICKILY
Definition of PICKILY
adverb
In a picky way; pedantically.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From picky + -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.
PICKILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PICKILY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CIIKLPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found PICKILY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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