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TENTATIVELY
Definition of TENTATIVELY
adverb
In a tentative manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tentative + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TENTATIVE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TENTATIVELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 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
TENTATIVELY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEEILNTTTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TENTATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TENTATIVELY?
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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