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SMOOTHLY
Definition of SMOOTHLY
adverb
in a smooth manner; smooth
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English smoþely; equivalent to smooth + -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.
SMOOTHLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMOOTHLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HLMOOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SMOOTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMOOTHLY?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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