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ENERGY
Definition of ENERGY
noun
The impetus behind all motion and all activity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French énergie, from Late Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia, “activity”), from ἐνεργός (energós, “active”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). The sense in physics was coined by English polymath Thomas Young in 1802 in his lectures on Natural Philosophy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENERGY · 1 relative 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.
ENERGY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ENERGY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEGNRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ENERGY?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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