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SKETCHILY
Definition of SKETCHILY
adverb
In a sketchy manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sketchy + -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.
SKETCHILY 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 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKETCHILY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKLSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SKETCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found SKETCHILY?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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