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WASTINGLY
Definition of WASTINGLY
adverb
In a way that causes wastage; wastefully.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wasting + -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.
WASTINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WASTINGLY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGILNSTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found WASTINGLY?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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