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SAINTLY
Definition of SAINTLY
adjective
Like or characteristic of a saint; befitting a holy person; saintlike.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *saintli (suggested by seyntly (adverb)), equivalent to saint + -ly. Compare saintlike.
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.
SAINTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SAINTLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AILNSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAINTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SAINTLY?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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