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AUGURY
Definition of AUGURY
noun
A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUGURY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUGURY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 168 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUGURY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGRUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found AUGURY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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