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GRIEVANCE
Definition of GRIEVANCE
noun
Something which causes grief.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French grievance, from the verb grever (“to irritate; to bother; to annoy”) + -ance, equivalent to grieve + -ance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (843)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRIEVANCE · 1 relative 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.
GRIEVANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRIEVANCE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGINRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GRIEVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found GRIEVANCE?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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