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AVARICIOUS
Definition of AVARICIOUS
adjective
Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), of avere (“crave, long for”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AVARICIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 284 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 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 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AVARICIOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACIIORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start AVARIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found AVARICIOUS?
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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