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PROFOUNDLY
Definition of PROFOUNDLY
adverb
With depth, meaningfully.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English profoundly, profoundely, equivalent to profound + -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.
PROFOUNDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROFOUNDLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DFLNOOPRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROFOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found PROFOUNDLY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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