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RELUCTANTLY
Definition of RELUCTANTLY
adverb
In a reluctant or hesitant manner.
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Where it comes from
From reluctant + -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.
RELUCTANTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
RELUCTANTLY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACELLNRTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and T appear more than once.
Words that start RELUCTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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