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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
PURELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Also on
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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