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ASCENDENCY
Definition of ASCENDENCY
noun
Alternative spelling of ascendancy.
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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.
ASCENDENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASCENDENCY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACCDEENNSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, E and N appear more than once.
Words that start ASCEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASCENDENCY?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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