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STRANGELY
Definition of STRANGELY
adverb
In a strange or coincidental manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English straungely (“strangely, aloofly, intricately”); equivalent to strange + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,182)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
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.
STRANGELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STRANGELY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGLNRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STRANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found STRANGELY?
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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