The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WANLY
Definition of WANLY
adverb
In a wan or pale manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wan + -ly.
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.
WANLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WANLY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALNWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found WANLY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER