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AVAUNT
Definition of AVAUNT
interjection
Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
AVAUNT carries 4 further meanings.
adverb
Hence; away.
Forward.
Away! begone! depart! an exclamation of contempt or abhorrence.
noun
Dismissal.
Where it comes from
First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,283)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AVAUNT · 3 relatives 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.
AVAUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 147 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AVAUNT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AANTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of AVAUNT. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start AVAUNT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found AVAUNT?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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