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RAKISHLY
Definition of RAKISHLY
adverb
In a rakish manner.
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Where it comes from
From rakish + -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.
RAKISHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RAKISHLY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHIKLRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RAKISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found RAKISHLY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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