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POORLIEST
Definition of POORLIEST
adjective
superlative form of poorly: most poorly
adverb
In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
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Word DNA
POORLIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, POORLY.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POORLY · 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.
POORLIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POORLIEST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EILOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start POORLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found POORLIEST?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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