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CLEARANCE
Definition of CLEARANCE
noun
The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From clear + -ance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
CLEARANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLEARANCE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACCEELNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, E and A appear more than once.
Words that start CLEARA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLEARANCE?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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