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SQUIRMINGLY
Definition of SQUIRMINGLY
adverb
With squirming motions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From squirming + -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.
SQUIRMINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUIRMINGLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GIILMNQRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SQUIRMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found SQUIRMINGLY?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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