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PERVERT
Definition of PERVERT
noun
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERVERT · 2 relatives 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.
PERVERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PERVERT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEPRRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start PERVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERVERT?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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