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PROFICIENTLY
Definition of PROFICIENTLY
adverb
In a proficient manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From proficient + -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.
PROFICIENTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROFICIENTLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEFIILNOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PROFICIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found PROFICIENTLY?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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