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SHIFTILY
Definition of SHIFTILY
adverb
In a shifty manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shifty + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SHIFTILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIFTILY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FHIILSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SHIFTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found SHIFTILY?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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