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ROUNDLY
Definition of ROUNDLY
adverb
Circularly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English roundly, roundely, roundliche, equivalent to round + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,995)
branch · 22.6% 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.
ROUNDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ROUNDLY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DLNORUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ROUNDL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found ROUNDLY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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