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ADVANTAGEOUS

/ˌædvənˈteɪd͡ʒ(i)əs/12 letters

Definition of ADVANTAGEOUS

adjective

Being of advantage, beneficial.

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Where it comes from

From advantage + -ous or from Middle French avantageus (French avantageux). See advantage.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle French

Deepest traced root

13th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.1%

of traced words share this origin (870)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

adjective5 syllablescompound-ous

Every Middle French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ADVANTAGEOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
148
First board
19
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.

First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.

Built from these letters

ADVANTAGEOUS
12
Letters
6
Vowels
6
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

ADVANTAGEOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAADEGNOSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start ADVANTAG

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ADVANTAGEADVANTAGEDADVANTAGESADVANTAGINGADVANTAGEOUSLY

Could you have found ADVANTAGEOUS?

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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.

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