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WANTONLY
Definition of WANTONLY
adverb
In a wanton manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wantounly, wantounliche, equivalent to wanton + -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 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,217)
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.
WANTONLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WANTONLY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALNNOTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start WANTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WANTONLY?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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