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STRAIGHTLY
Definition of STRAIGHTLY
adverb
In a straight manner; so as to be straight or aligned; without curve or bend.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English streightly, streightli, streiȝtli, equivalent to straight + -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.
STRAIGHTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRAIGHTLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGHILRSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start STRAIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRAIGHTLY?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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