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AVERT
Definition of AVERT
verb
To turn aside or away.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).
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.
AVERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AVERT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AERTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AVERT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found AVERT?
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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