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EVICT
Definition of EVICT
verb
To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EVICT · 7 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EVICT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EVICT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEITV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EVICT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found EVICT?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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