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WINSOMELY

9 letters

Definition of WINSOMELY

adverb

In a winsome manner.

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Another sense

WINSOMELY carries a second meaning.

  1. adverb

    in an engaging manner

Where it comes from

From winsome + -ly.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adverbcompound-ly

Same root, WINSOME · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

WINSOMELY in a sentence

“It has been arranged by Suzanna (the delicately beautiful Anna Madeley), a grad student in psychology who was brought up as a sister to Max — though they tumble into bed in the first scene; and by her hastily married new husband, Andrew (the winsomely handsome Vincent Montuel), a radical feminist ("Pornography makes Andrew cry," Suzanna boasts).”

A Blind Date With 'Vanity Fair', 2011

Rarity score
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WINSOMELY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 292 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 155
Its 53 boards, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
53
Boards found on
24
First board
152
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

WINSOMELY
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WINSOMELY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILMNOSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start WINSOM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WINSOMEWINSOMERWINSOMESTWINSOMENESSWINSOMENESSES

Could you have found WINSOMELY?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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