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EFFORT
Definition of EFFORT
noun
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”). Compare typologically Bulgarian усилие (usilie), Czech úsilí, Polish wysiłek, Russian уси́лие (usílije) (< Proto-Slavic *sila).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EFFORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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
EFFORT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFFORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start EFFORT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EFFORT?
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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