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SLEEPILY
Definition of SLEEPILY
adverb
In a sleepy manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sleepy + -ly.
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.
SLEEPILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLEEPILY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEILLPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SLEEPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLEEPILY?
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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