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STRIKINGLY
Definition of STRIKINGLY
adverb
In a striking way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From striking + -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.
STRIKINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRIKINGLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GIIKLNRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found STRIKINGLY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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