The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ADVERSE
Definition of ADVERSE
adjective
Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested around 1374, from Old French avers (French adverse), from Latin adversus (“turned against”), past participle of advertere, from ad- (“to”) + vertere (“to turn”). See also versus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADVERSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADVERSE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEERSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 ADVERS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found ADVERSE?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER