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SOUTHERLY
Definition of SOUTHERLY
noun
A wind blowing from the south.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From souther + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SOUTH · 11 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOUTHERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SOUTHERLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHLORSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SOUTHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SOUTHERLY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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