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WRITHINGLY
Definition of WRITHINGLY
adverb
With a writhing motion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From writhing + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
WRITHINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WRITHINGLY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GHIILNRTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found WRITHINGLY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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