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POPISHLY
Definition of POPISHLY
adverb
In a popish way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From popish + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POPISHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POPISHLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HILOPPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Could you have found POPISHLY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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