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ESPERANCE

/ˈɛspəɹəns/9 letters

Definition of ESPERANCE

noun

Expectation, hope.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French esperance (compare modern French espérance), from esperer (“to hope”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ESPERANCE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
120
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

greenhippo

on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ESPERANCE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ESPERANCE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEENPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start ESPERA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ESPERANCES

Could you have found ESPERANCE?

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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.

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