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ADVANCE
Definition of ADVANCE
verb
To promote or advantage. To help the progress of (something); to further. To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADVANCE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADVANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADVANCE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDENV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ADVANC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ADVANCE?
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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