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VENOMOUSLY
Definition of VENOMOUSLY
adverb
In a venomous manner; with venom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
VENOMOUSLY carries 2 further meanings.
With venom or poison; in a venomous manner; malignantly; spitefully.
adverb
in a very malevolent manner
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English venymously; by surface analysis, venomous + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,258)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VENOMOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 185 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
VENOMOUSLY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELMNOOSUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of VENOMOUSLY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start VENOMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found VENOMOUSLY?
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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