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QUEERLY
Definition of QUEERLY
adverb
In a queer (strange) manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
QUEERLY carries 4 further meanings.
In a queer, odd, or singular manner.
adverb
In a queer or odd manner.
adverb
In a queer or strange manner; eccentrically; unconventionally; oddly.
adverb
in a questionably unusual manner
Where it comes from
From queer + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, QUEER · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUEERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUEERLY starts with Q and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EELQRUY - 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.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found QUEERLY?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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