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SOFTHEADEDLY
Definition of SOFTHEADEDLY
adverb
In a softheaded manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From softheaded + -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.
SOFTHEADEDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SOFTHEADEDLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADDEEFHLOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once.
Words that start SOFTHEAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOFTHEADEDLY?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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