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GRIEVOUS
Definition of GRIEVOUS
adjective
Causing grief, pain, or sorrow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English grevous, from Anglo-Norman grevous, from Old French grever, from Latin gravō (“to burden”). Developed in the 13th century. Equivalent to grief + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 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
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRIEVOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 226 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRIEVOUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGIORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRIEVO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found GRIEVOUS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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