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PERVIOUS
Definition of PERVIOUS
adjective
Often followed by to: capable of being penetrated by another body or substance, such as air or water; admitting passage.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin pervius (“having a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversable”) + English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)). Pervius is derived from per- (prefix denoting doing something all the way through or entirely) + via (“road, street; method, way; (figurative) course, route”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
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.
PERVIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PERVIOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIOPRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PERVIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found PERVIOUS?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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