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UNLUCKILY
Definition of UNLUCKILY
adverb
Without luck; unfortunately.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From unlucky + -ly or un- + luckily.
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.
UNLUCKILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
UNLUCKILY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CIKLLNUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and L appear more than once.
Words that start UNLUCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNLUCKILY?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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