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ADVENTITIOUS
Definition of ADVENTITIOUS
adjective
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
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Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), a corruption of Latin adventīcius (“foreign, strange, accidental”), from adventus (“arrival, coming, approach, advent”) + -īcius (suffix forming adjectives), from adveniō (“to arrive”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns).
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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.
ADVENTITIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ADVENTITIOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEIINOSTTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.
Words that start ADVENTIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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