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PIOUSLY
Definition of PIOUSLY
adverb
in a pious manner
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pious + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PIOUS · 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.
PIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 77 boards so far. 199 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PIOUSLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ILOPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found PIOUSLY?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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