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ENVY
Definition of ENVY
noun
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”), from in- (“on, upon”) + videre (“to look, see”). Doublet of envie. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *zavistь (“envy”). Displaced native Old English æfest and Old English nīþ.
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.
ENVY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENVY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ENVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ENVY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ENVY?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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