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ADOLESCENT
Definition of ADOLESCENT
adjective
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
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Where it comes from
First attested ?1440, from Middle English adolescent, from Middle French adolescent or directly from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolēscere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + alēscere (“to grow or become nourished”). The adjective first appeared in 1785.
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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.
ADOLESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ADOLESCENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDEELNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ADOLES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ADOLESCENT?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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