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SAFELY
Definition of SAFELY
adverb
In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English savely; equivalent to safe + -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.
SAFELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 77 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SAFELY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEFLSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SAFELY?
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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