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TERRIBLY
Definition of TERRIBLY
adverb
So as to cause terror or awe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English terribli. By surface analysis, terrible + -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.
TERRIBLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TERRIBLY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BEILRRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TERRIB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TERRIBLY?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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