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ADVERSEST

9 letters

Definition of ADVERSEST

adjective

Superlative form of adverse: most adverse.

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.

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Word DNA

ADVERSEST inherits its ancestry from its root, ADVERSE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (26,419)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

adjectivecompoundad-

Same root, ADVERSE · 3 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

ADVERSEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its one board, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
172
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

yhpezPATRON

on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ADVERSEST
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ADVERSEST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEERSSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.

Words that start ADVERS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ADVERSEADVERSERADVERSARYADVERSELYADVERSITYADVERSARIAADVERSARIALADVERSARIESADVERSATIVEADVERSENESSADVERSITIESADVERSATIVES

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