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SPORTINGLY
Definition of SPORTINGLY
adverb
In a sporting manner, demonstrating good sportsmanship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sporting + -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.
SPORTINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
SPORTINGLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GILNOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPORTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found SPORTINGLY?
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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