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SHODDILY
Definition of SHODDILY
adverb
In a shoddy manner; lacking quality and done poorly, usually in a cheap and low quality way.
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Another sense
SHODDILY carries a second meaning.
adverb
in a shoddy manner
“he treated her shoddily”
Where it comes from
From shoddy + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
SHODDILY in a sentence
“At the inquiry into his death, NHS Fife was accused by the Crown of acting "shoddily" - which I suspect may yet prove the understatement of the year.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHODDILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 176 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SHODDILY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DDHILOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHODDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHODDILY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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