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EVIDENT
Definition of EVIDENT
adjective
Obviously true by simple observation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English evident, from Old French evident, from Latin ēvidēns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (“to appear plainly”)), from ē (“out”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EVIDENT · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EVIDENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EVIDENT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEEINTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EVIDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found EVIDENT?
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