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EGENCE
Definition of EGENCE
noun
The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin egens, egentis, present participle of egere (“to be needy, suffer want”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
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.
EGENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EGENCE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEEGN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EGENCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EGENCE?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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