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TURGIDLY
Definition of TURGIDLY
adverb
In a turgid manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
TURGIDLY carries a second meaning.
In a turgid manner; with swelling or empty pomp; pompously.
Where it comes from
From turgid + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
TURGIDLY in a sentence
“If you want to see what his military strategy really is, forget what's said at press conferences and in turgidly written Pentagon press releases.”
Medea Benjamin: Obama's Pentagon Strategy: A Leaner, More Efficient Empire, 2012
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TURGIDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 129 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TURGIDLY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DGILRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TURGID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found TURGIDLY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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