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PUTRIDLY
Definition of PUTRIDLY
adverb
In a putrid manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From putrid + -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.
PUTRIDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 181 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUTRIDLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DILPRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUTRID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PUTRIDLY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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