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QUEENLY
Definition of QUEENLY
adjective
Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English queenly, quenly, from Old English cwēnlīċ, equivalent to queen + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,217)
branch · 22.3% 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.
QUEENLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUEENLY starts with Q and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EELNQUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUEENL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found QUEENLY?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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