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ENVIOUS
Definition of ENVIOUS
adjective
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidiōsus; more at envy. Doublet of invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfestiġ.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ENVIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 129 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ENVIOUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EINOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ENVIOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ENVIOUS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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