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WIFELY
Definition of WIFELY
adjective
Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife or wives.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wifly, wyfly, from Old English wīflīc (“womanly, wifely”), from Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz (“wifely”). Cognate with Scots wifely (“womanly, wifely”), Dutch wijflijk, wijfelijk, German weiblich (“feminine, female”). By surface analysis, wife + -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.
WIFELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WIFELY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFILWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WIFELY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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