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EVENSONG
Definition of EVENSONG
noun
A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening; originally, and sometimes still, an alternative name for vespers or a service combining vespers and compline.
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Where it comes from
From Old English ǣfensang, equivalent to even + song. The use of even to mean evening is now obsolete except in poetry.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,137)
branch · 22.8% 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.
EVENSONG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EVENSONG starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGNNOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start EVENSO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EVENSONG?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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