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ROUTINELY
Definition of ROUTINELY
adverb
In a routine manner, in a way that has become common or expected.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From routine + -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.
ROUTINELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROUTINELY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILNORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ROUTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found ROUTINELY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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