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VEXINGLY
Definition of VEXINGLY
adverb
In a vexing manner.
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Other senses
VEXINGLY carries 2 further meanings.
In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate.
adverb
In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate.
Where it comes from
From vexing + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VEX · 9 relatives in the game
VEXINGLY in a sentence
“The mysterious, vexingly delicious smell of maple syrup that has been terrorizing New Yorkers for years, wafting about on its mysterious errands, has been run to ground.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VEXINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 244 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VEXINGLY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EGILNVXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start VEXING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VEXINGLY?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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