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PURELY
Definition of PURELY
adverb
Wholly; really, completely.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English purely, equivalent to pure + -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.
PURELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PURELY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELPRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found PURELY?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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