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TOWNLIER
Definition of TOWNLIER
Wiktionary has no entry for TOWNLIER itself. This is its base word, TOWNLY.
adjective
Characteristic of a town or its inhabitants.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for TOWNLY.
From town + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TOWN · 15 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.
TOWNLIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
Built from these letters
TOWNLIER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EILNORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TOWNLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOWNLIER?
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 126 - and most players walked straight past it.
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