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SOVEREIGNLY
Definition of SOVEREIGNLY
adverb
To the highest degree; wholly; utterly
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sovereynly, sovereynliche, soveraynliche, equivalent to sovereign + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,790)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOVEREIGNLY · 1 relative 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.
SOVEREIGNLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOVEREIGNLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEGILNORSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SOVEREI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found SOVEREIGNLY?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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