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SPOONILY
Definition of SPOONILY
adverb
In a spoony way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spoony + -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.
SPOONILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SPOONILY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ILNOOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPOONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found SPOONILY?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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