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SMARTINGLY
Definition of SMARTINGLY
adverb
So as to smart; with a stinging pain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From smarting + -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.
SMARTINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SMARTINGLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGILMNRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SMARTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMARTINGLY?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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