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WINTERLY
Definition of WINTERLY
adjective
Of or relating to winter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wynturlych, from Old English winterlice; equivalent to winter + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,219)
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.
WINTERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WINTERLY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILNRTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WINTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found WINTERLY?
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.
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