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EFFICIENT
Definition of EFFICIENT
adjective
Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
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Where it comes from
1398, “making,” from Old French, from Latin efficientem, nominative efficiēns, participle of efficere (“work out, accomplish”) (see effect). Meaning “productive, skilled” is from 1787. Efficiency apartment is first recorded 1930, American English.
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.
EFFICIENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EFFICIENT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEFFIINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, F and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start EFFICI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EFFICIENT?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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