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AVOID
Definition of AVOID
verb
To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”), from es- + vuidier, from Vulgar Latin *vocitāre < Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately related to Latin vacuus. Displaced native Old English forbūgan (literally “to bend away from”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AVOID · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AVOID in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
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
AVOID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADIOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AVOID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AVOID?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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