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THORNILY
Definition of THORNILY
adverb
In a thorny manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From thorny + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, THORNY · 3 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.
THORNILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
THORNILY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HILNORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THORNI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found THORNILY?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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