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SPRUCELY
Definition of SPRUCELY
adverb
In a spruce manner; neatly and elegantly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spruce + -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.
SPRUCELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPRUCELY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CELPRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPRUCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found SPRUCELY?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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