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THREATENINGLY

13 letters

Definition of THREATENINGLY

adverb

In a threatening manner.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From threatening + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adverbcompound-ly

Same root, THREATEN · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

THREATENINGLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
166
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

pinnacle

on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

THREATENINGLY
13
Letters
4
Vowels
9
Consonants
10
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

THREATENINGLY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHILNNRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and N appear more than once.

Words that start THREATENI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found THREATENINGLY?

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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.

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