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ADVERB
Definition of ADVERB
noun
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verb(um) (“word, verb”) + -ium, so called because it is used to supplement other words (not specifically verbs). By surface analysis, ad- + verb.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADVERB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ADVERB starts with A and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABDERV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ADVERB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADVERB?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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