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WORLDLY
Definition of WORLDLY
adjective
Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English worldly, worldlich, wordly (adjective), from Old English woruldlīċ, worldlīċ, weoroldlīċ (“worldly; earthly; temporal; mundane; secular”), from Proto-Germanic *weraldilīkaz, equivalent to world + -ly. Cognate with Dutch wereldlijk (“worldly; secular”), German Low German weltlik (“worldly”), German weltlich (“worldly”), Danish verdslig (“worldly”), Swedish världslig (“worldly”), Icelandic veraldlegur (“worldly; secular”).
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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.
WORLDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WORLDLY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DLLORWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start WORLDL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WORLDLY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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