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AVERAGE
Definition of AVERAGE
noun
Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Not entirely certain. The oldest meaning in English is “customs duty”. Borrowed from Middle French avarie (“damage to ship or cargo”), from Old French avarie, from Old Italian avaria where it is first attested in the 12th century in the context of Mediterranean trade. From there most sources trace it to Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damaged goods”), from عَوَار (ʕawār, “fault, blemish, defect, flaw”), from عَوِرَ (ʕawira, “to lose an eye”), but the OED gives it a Romance derivation from Italian avere (“property, goods”) or the like. The English suffix -age was added in analogy to words like damage.
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.
AVERAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AVERAGE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEGRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start AVERAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found AVERAGE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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