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ADVANCER
Definition of ADVANCER
noun
One who advances or puts forward.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From advance + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ADVANCER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADVANCER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADVANCER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACDENRV - 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.
Could you have found ADVANCER?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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