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CONVENT
Definition of CONVENT
noun
A religious community whose members live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English convent, variant of covent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventus, perfect participle of the verb convenio (whence ultimately convene), see con- + venio. Doublet of coven.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONVENT · 2 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.
CONVENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONVENT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CENNOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start CONVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONVENT?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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