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AMBIENT
Definition of AMBIENT
adjective
Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin ambiēns (“going around”), from ambiō (“go around”).
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.
AMBIENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMBIENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEIMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AMBIEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found AMBIENT?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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