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EVIDENTIAL

/ˌɛ.vɪˈdən.t͡ʃəl/10 letters

Definition of EVIDENTIAL

adjective

Of or providing evidence.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin ēvidentiālis, from Latin ēvidentia + -ālis.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,711)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

EVIDENTIAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 27 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
27
Boards found on
47
First board
138
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

minty

on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EVIDENTIAL
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

EVIDENTIAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIILNTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.

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 EVIDEN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EVIDENTEVIDENCEEVIDENTSEVIDENCEDEVIDENCESEVIDENTLYEVIDENCINGEVIDENTIARYEVIDENTIALLY

Could you have found EVIDENTIAL?

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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.

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