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ASCENT
Definition of ASCENT
noun
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Formed from ascend on the model of descend/descent.
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.
ASCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASCENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACENST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found ASCENT?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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