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ADJACENT
Definition of ADJACENT
adjective
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
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Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “OED says this comes from middle/old French, then from Latin”) Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADJACENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADJACENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACDEJNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ADJACE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ADJACENT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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