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SIGHTLY
Definition of SIGHTLY
adjective
Attractive, pleasing to the eye; affording gratification to the sense of sight; aesthetically pleasing.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English sightlye, equivalent to sight + -ly. Cognate with German sichtlich (“visible”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SIGHTLY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIGHTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SIGHTLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GHILSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SIGHTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SIGHTLY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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