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EVENT

/ɪˈvɛnt/5 letters

Definition of EVENT

noun

An occurrence; something that happens.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

EVENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its 3 boards, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
84
First board
113
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

mrmike

on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EVENT
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start EVENT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EVENTSEVENTEDEVENTEREVENTERSEVENTFULEVENTIDEEVENTINGEVENTUALEVENTIDESEVENTINGSEVENTLESSEVENTRATE

Could you have found EVENT?

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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.

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