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PAVEMENT
Definition of PAVEMENT
noun
A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pament, from Anglo-Norman pavement and reinforced by Middle French pavement; both from Latin pavīmentum (“paved surface or floor”), from pavīre (“to beat, to ram, to tread down”). Morphologically pave + -ment.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAVEMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PAVEMENT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEEMNPTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PAVEME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PAVEMENT?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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