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RIGOROUSLY
Definition of RIGOROUSLY
adverb
In a rigorous manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rigorous + -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.
RIGOROUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIGOROUSLY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GILOORRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and O appear more than once.
Words that start RIGORO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RIGOROUSLY?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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