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AUGUST
Definition of AUGUST
adjective
Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
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Where it comes from
From French auguste (“noble, stately; august”) or Latin augustus (“majestic, venerable, august; imperial, royal”), from augeō (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread”). Doublet of August and Augustus.
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.
AUGUST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AUGUST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start AUGUST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found AUGUST?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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