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WORTHILY
Definition of WORTHILY
adverb
In a worthy manner.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English worthely, worthili, worthiliche, worthily, worthyly, worþili, worþiliche, worþily, wurðelice, wurðeliche, wurðelike, wurthelie, wurthilyche, wurthyly, equivalent to worthy + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,223)
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.
WORTHILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WORTHILY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HILORTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WORTHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found WORTHILY?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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